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This book traces the history of the Architectural Association from the end of the second world war until the mid-1960s, when it surrendered its position as the pacemaker in British architectural education in order to safeguard its institutional independence.
List of contents
Prologue: A Brief history of the Architectural Association; Chapter 1. After the War (1945-1949); Chapter 2. Architecture as Collaborative Practice (1949-1951); Chapter 3. Chuzzlewit's Heirs: The Postwar Student Body (1945-1951); Chapter 4. Michael Pattrick's Troubles with the Students (1951-1956); Chapter 5. The AA School under Michael Pattrick (1951-1961); Chapter 6. In Search of a New Policy (1951-1961); Chapter 7. William Allen and the 'Art/Science Tension' (1961-1965); Epilogue: Beyond the Sixties
About the author
Patrick Zamarian is a Lecturer in Architecture at the University of Liverpool, where he was awarded a PhD for his thesis on
The AA School of Architecture in the Postwar Period (1945-1965). He also holds master degrees in architecture and in the history and theory of architecture, both awarded by ETH Zurich.
Summary
This book traces the history of the Architectural Association from the end of the second world war until the mid-1960s, when it surrendered its position as the pacemaker in British architectural education in order to safeguard its institutional independence.
Additional text
'The book constitutes a sound and always readable institutional
history of the post-war AA and will serve as a reference point for some considerable
time to come' – Architectural History
