His Last Lecture / [presented by] Robert Maxwell.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Maxwell, Robert, 1922-2020, narrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Aesthetics.

Architecture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 audio file (42 minutes)).

Place of Publication:

London, England: Pidgeon Digital, 2007.

Summary:

This talk which Robert Maxwell billed as his "last lecture" was given to the Architectural Association in November 2006 to an audience of friends and colleagues; Maxwell specially recorded this version for Pidgeon Digital. In the lecture he discusses the changes in architecture and architectural teaching that have taken place during his long career as teacher at the AA, the Bartlett School and later at Princeton; the shift from design as a product to that of concept and how to teach design in a period of rapid change. He talks of meaning in art and architecture and the significance of linguistics and semiotics, in particular the work of Roland Barthes. He illustrates his talk with double images which not only reinforce the meaning of the words but also provide a "meaningful comparison" in themselves.

Contents:

Rubbish In Weimar. Karl Caspar Friedrich Arctic Shipwreck

Lebbeus Woods 1988. Collapsed Terminus 2E, Roissy

Gary Larson 1990 "What We Say, What They Hear" New York Times, 24 July 1990

Koolhaas: 2005 Library, Seattle. Hadid: 2005 Phaeno Centre, Wolfsburg

Talking Heads: The Mental Activity; Diagram Of The Same

Barthes' Slipped Systems (E-R-C). Burgin's Two Styles Of Fashion Writing

Regent Street - British; Rue De Rivoli - French

Cassandre: 1927 Nord Express. Pierre Fixe-Masseau: 1932 Exactitude

Sunset In Film. Landscape In Bricks

Face In Clouds, As Found. Same, Made Explicit

Lech Walesa: Face Made Of People. Picasso: Face Made In Scribble

Generation Of The Figures Of Rhetoric. Another, After Durand

Vogue Image 1994. Another

Post-Modernity - Harvey Nichols. Opium Pour Homme

Paris, April 1976: Demonstration Against University Selection. Elle Magazine: New Season's Woollens

Brussels: Tomb Of The Unknown Warrior. Brussels: The Eternal Flame

Chinese Provincial Artist: Red Sun. Another: Red Flag

Glitter Of The New: Florence Cathedral. Glitter Of The New: Centre Pompidou

Daniel Libeskind: Jewish Museum, Berlin. Same: Space Of Remembrance

Georgian Facade At Roche Court; Eric Parry: Music Room.

Notes:

Title from publisher's website (viewed April 7, 2021).

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.