Books by Peter Collins
“This is a strange book, but a very interesting one and I think an important one. This lesser-known work I think reflects a kind of crisis in his own thinking. He’s asking, what is the basis of our actual judgement? How do we make aesthetic judgements about architecture and other kinds of judgements about architecture?” Read more...
The best books on Architecture and Aesthetics
Timothy Hyde, Architects & Architectural Historian
Interviews where books by Peter Collins were recommended
The best books on Architecture and Aesthetics, recommended by Timothy Hyde
What’s at stake when we call a building beautiful or denounce it as ugly? MIT professor Timothy Hyde, author of Ugliness and Judgment, explores five books about the social, political and economic dimensions behind debates that often masquerade as arguments about style, but which deal with matters at the very heart of civil society.
