Reyner Banham
Reyner Banham Hon FRIBA | |
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Architectural historian | |
Known for | Architecture and design criticism |
Notable work | Theory and Design in the First Machine Age (1960) The New Brutalism (1966) Los Angeles: the Architecture of Four Ecologies (1971) |
Peter Reyner Banham Hon.
Early life and education
[Peter] Reyner Banham was born in
Career
Having previously written regular exhibition reviews for
Banham was a prolific journalist (of some 750 articles),[7] both within and outside of the architectural press, including regular columns in New Statesman (1958–63) and New Society (1966-88). Selections of his journalism articles were collected in Design by Choice, edited by Penny Sparke[8] and A Critic Writes (which includes a full bibliography), edited by his wife Mary Banham and others.[9]
Teaching
Banham taught at the
Awards and tributes
He was featured in the short documentary Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles; in his book on Los Angeles, Banham said that he learned to drive so he could read the city in the original.
In 1988 he was awarded the
Criticism
In 2003, Nigel Whiteley published a critical biography of Banham, Reyner Banham: Historian of the Immediate Future,[13] in which he gives an in-depth overview of Banham's work and ideas.
Bibliography
- Theory and Design in the First Machine Age. Praeger. 1960. Theory and Design in the First Machine Age (Second ed.). Praeger. 1967.
- Guide to Modern Architecture. Architectural Press. 1962. ISBN 978-0-85139-261-5.
- "The New Brutalism". The Architectural Review. 1955.
- The New Brutalism. Architectural Press. 1966.
- Architecture of the Well-Tempered Environment. Architectural Press. 1969. ISBN 978-0-85139-749-8.
- Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies. Harper and Row. 1971. ISBN 978-0-7139-0209-9.
- Megastructure. Thames and Hudson. 1976.
- Scenes in America Deserta. Thames and Hudson. 1982. ISBN 978-0-500-01292-5.
- A Concrete Atlantis: US Industrial Building and European Modern Architecture. MIT Press. 1989. ISBN 978-0-262-52124-6.
- “Hawks, Doves, and Flights of Fancy.” Wilson Quarterly vol. 3, no. 1, 1979, pp. 128–34. online
- “The New Brutalism.” October, vol. 136, 2011, pp. 19–28. online
References
- ^ Goldberger, Paul (22 March 1988). "Reyner Banham, Architectural Critic, Dies at 66". The New York Times.
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/39982. Retrieved 20 January 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ Dictionary of Art Historians. "Banham, [Peter] Reyner, "Peter"". Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ^ Jacob, Sam. "From Commons to Ruins". Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ Banham, Reyner (December 1955). "The New Brutalism". The Architectural Review.
- ^ van den Heuvel, Dirk (March 2015). "Between Brutalists. The Banham Hypothesis and the Smithson Way of Life". The Journal of Architecture: 293–308 – via ResearchGate.
- ^ Penner, Barbara (2015) The Man Who Wrote Too Well, Places
- ^ Banham, R. (1981) Design by Choice, Academy Editions, London.
- ^ Banham, R. (1997) A Critic Writes: Essays by Reyner Banham, University of California Press.
- ^ SUNY, School of Architecture and Planning
- ^ UCL Bartlett
- ^ "The Sir Misha Black Medal | Misha Black Awards". mishablackawards.org.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
- ISBN 978-0-262-73165-2.
External links
- Julian Cooper (director), Malcolm Brown (producer) (1972). Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles. BBC. OCLC 748594258. Retrieved 31 August 2013. 52 minute episode from the BBC series One pair of eyes. Banham narrates a video tour of Los Angeles; the program incorporates interviews with authors Henry Miller and Norman Mailer, among others.
- "Reyner Banham's Unwarranted Apology". solarhousehistory.com. 8 April 2013.
- "Reyner Banham on Solar Heating". solarhousehistory.com. 28 August 2013.
- Reyner Banham Papers at the Getty Research Institute