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Walter Benjamin and architecture / edited by Gevork Hartoonian. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2010. - ix, 179 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Gevork Hartoonian -- Manfredo Tafuri and the age of historical representation / Andrew Leach -- Looking backward, looking forward : delightful delays / Gevork Hartoonian -- Porosity at the edge : working through Walter Benjamin's "Naples" / Andrew Benjamin -- From Baldwin's Paris to Benjamin's : the architectonics of race and sexuality in Giovanni's room / Magdalena J. Zaborowska -- Architecture under the gaze of photography : Benjamin's actuality and consequences / Nadir Lahiji -- The techno-aesthetics of shock : Mario Sironi and the exhibition of the fascist revolution (1932) / Libero Andreotti -- Mimesis / Neil Leach -- Daniel among the philosophers : the Jewish Museum, Berlin, and architecture after Auschwitz / Terry Smith -- Portbou and two grains of wheat : in remembrance of Walter Benjamin / Renée Tobe.

ISBN: 9780415482929 (hbk : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2009020044

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA8C6152 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 014794035 Uk

Subjects--Personal Names:
Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Architecture, Modern--20th century.

LC Class. No.: B3209.B584 / W335 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 720.1 W335 2010