Is there an Object Oriented Architecture?: Engaging Graham Harman

Joseph Bedford is Assistant Professor, school of architecture and design, Virginia Tech University, USA. He is an historian, theorist and architectural educator. He was trained in architecture at Cambridge University, The Cooper Union and Princeton University, and is the holder of the 2008-2009 Rome Prize at the British School in Rome. Graham Harman is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at SCI-Arc in Los Angeles, USA and Professor of Philosophy at the European Graduate School. His work on the metaphysics of objects led to the development of object-oriented ontology and he is a central figure in the speculative realism trend in contemporary philosophy. His most recent books include Object-Oriented Ontology: A New Theory of Everything (2018) and Speculative Realism: An Introduction (2018)

prelims acknowledgements Introduction: Joseph Bedford (Virginia Tech), Object-Oriented Architecture Chapter 1: Graham Harman (SCi-art, USA and the European Graduate School, Switzerland), What is Object-Oriented Architecture? Chapter 2: Adam Sharr (Newcastle University, UK): The Circus, the Canon and a House with One Wall Chapter 3: Lorens Holm (Dundee University, UK), Architecture and its Objects Chapter 4: Peter Carl (London Metropolitan University, UK), Practical Wisdom, Morals and Ethics Chapter 5: Patrick Lynch (Lynch Architects), The Resistance of Things Chapter 6: Peg Rawes (University College London, UK), Nonhuman Architectural Ecologies Chapter 7: Jonathan Hale (Nottingham University, UK), Coping Without Noticing bibliography index