Editing Architecture: Culture of the Edition vs Culture of the Book
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Abstract
There is an extensive bibliography on the culture of the architectural books and the world of architectural magazines has aroused great interest in recent years, nevertheless the culture of editing architecture is a vast territory yet to be discovered. It is usual to understand editing architecture as publishing or designing books, which has created a world of misunderstandings that makes it difficult to clarify. This paper shares some first reflections on the background, scope and differences of editing architecture. The idea of editing architecture is approached through six complementary “definitions”: the edition as a form, as an antagonistic logic, as a requirement, as a place, as an assembly and as an essay. They are conceived as invariables through which we can recognize the specificity of the edition beyond the technological transformations of the publishing industry. From the appearance of the printing press to the development of new technologies. They are also thought as a script to investigate the specificity of editing architecture in particular. These approaches seek to undo the aforementioned misunderstandings, locating and contextualizing their contributions in the broader context of the edition as an intellectual, historical and cultural work.