Talk:Bernard Rudofsky

Good beginning-but

Not bad as a start, but I think we should update this with historical information. Whether his work is relevant today is something that can be debated. Architeture without architects was basically written in the NY Public library. He never went or actually studied the places he mentions in the book. Was very much an arm-chair scholar. Anyway, I think there are some people out there who know more about his biography than I and I hope they will contribute.Brosi 17:04, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

The Andrea Bocco Guarneri book is the only biography of him I have seen, so I think most peoples knowledge of his biography is directly from there. Althogh 'architecture without architects' is probably his most well known work, I think it is essentially a picture book to show people what they are missing (in a very rudofksy style of communicating). Maybe by now it is replacable by some of those glossy colour photo books, then again theres something to be said for finding the best pictures in the library - some of those places dont exist like they used to any more. Most people i know who are real Rudofskyites (to coin a term) prefer his early books like 'now i lay me down to eat' and 'behind the picture window', which cover alot of ground, and I think much more unquestioningly relevant to today... Miscreant 12:55, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Andrea Bocco Guarneri's book is really fluffy and not very useful. What is useful, if anyone can get their hands on it, is Felicity Scott's 2001 dissertation, "Functionalism's Discontent: Bernard Rudofsky's Other Architecture" from the School of Architecture at Princton University.Fixifex 07:24, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

I agree about Guarneri. WIll try to track down Scott's dissertation.Brosi 13:17, 6 January 2007 (UTC)