Can The Book Still Kill The Building?

Three recent books broach architecture criticism from an historical, practical and theoretical angle. Each in their own way, they paint a complex and complete picture of the current situation with regard to this subject: The Printed and the Built traces the European adventure of the 19th century press; From Crisis to Crisis analyzes the globalized world; Critique de l’architecture : un état des lieux contemporain proposes a novel summary in France, reinstating the historical origins of critic..