CribSheets

Architecturaldiscoursetodayischaracterizedbyanoverlappingconversationbetweenarchitectsandacademics，teachersandstudents，theoristsandpractitioners.Certainterms--"diagram，""extremeform，""autonomy，"and"thegeneric，"amongothers--capturethemomentinarchitectureindefinitionandinoperation.CribSheetsisaguide--a"crib"--totwenty-twoofthosebuzzwords，framingcontemporarycurrentsandtrajectories.Eachofthewordsispresentedwithalistofquotations，orsoundbites，arrangedinorderoflengthanddrawnfrommorethantwohundredcommentators，fromCharlesBaudelaire，LeCorbusier，andBuckminsterFullertoFrankGehry，PaulGoldberger，andRemKoolhaas.Thestructureattemptstoevokethepresent-dayarchitecturalconversation，capturingsocialmilieus，currentevents，clustersoftopics，andevenbackgroundnoiseandeavesdropping.