Stiegler for Architects

Stiegler for Architects is the first introduction to the key concepts and ideas of Bernard Stiegler that are relevant to architects. This book is essential reading for any architect or designer who is interested in how contemporary digital technology affects everyday life in the city, or anyone wrestling with Stiegler's ideas.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. The Invention of the Human 3. Stiegler and the City 4. Tertiary Retention 5. Pharmakon 6. Algorithmic Tertiary Retention

About the author

David Capener is an architect, artist, and writer. In collaboration with the multi-disciplinary design group ANNEX he co-curated and designed Entanglement, the Irish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2021. His practice critically examines the spaces produced by our contemporary technological condition. He is co-editor of the book States of Entanglement (2021).

Summary

Stiegler for Architects is the first introduction to the key concepts and ideas of Bernard Stiegler that are relevant to architects. This book is essential reading for any architect or designer who is interested in how contemporary digital technology affects everyday life in the city, or anyone wrestling with Stiegler’s ideas.

Product details

• Authors: David Capener
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032506500
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3250650-0
• No. of pages: 92
• Series: Thinkers for Architects
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; ARCHITECTURE / General, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, ARCHITECTURE / Criticism, PHILOSOPHY / Individual Philosophers, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Post-Structuralism, ARCHITECTURE / Study & Teaching, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Deconstruction, ARCHITECTURE / Reference, Philosophy: aesthetics, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Theory of architecture, Deconstructionism, Structuralism, Post-structuralism, Structuralism and Post-structuralism, Civil engineering, surveying and building