Abstract:
This paper connects the question of modem architecture to the general problematic
of appearance. Apperance, itself, arises as a result of the debate on 'style'
that marked architectural theory and practice in Germany in the first part of
the nineteenth century. The problematic status of appearance should play a
fundamental role in any assessment of claims about the autonomy of architecture.
The project of the paper is to draw together these threads and thus delimit
a specific locus of research.
