Authorship - Discourse, A Series on Architecture

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"Authorship" critically examines emergent themes in contemporary architecture by revisiting the notion of design authorship. As the concept of the master architect fades, the book explores the shifting role of creativity in architecture's cultural production. A cross-disciplinary group of designers and scholars investigates topics such as the impact of digital tools and computational scripts on building conception in the age of robotics, the climate of appropriation and sampling as a counter-form of authorship, and the rise of reauthored materials in a postdigital age. These inquiries challenge traditional ideas of authorship, repositioning the history of architecture. Featured essays delve into the separation between the personal and the authored, while other contributions examine meaning, symbolism, and iconography as subjects of authority rather than authorship. Ultimately, this book dismantles, realigns, and reassembles disparate architectural conditions to form new ways of thinking. "Discourse" is a biannual publication series that presents timely themes on and around architecture through essays, interviews, discussions, and various materials that highlight architectural culture, practice, and theory.