Architecture from Without

Diana Agrest explores the symbolic dimension of architecture from the perspective of the modern city through a remarkable range of subjects: the relationship between architectural and urban ideologies, the symbolic performance of architecture in relation to the urban condition, the formal and ideological development of a building type, the relationship between architecture and other visual discourses, and the position of gender and body in Western architecture. Diana Agrest practices architecture in New York City. She teaches at The Cooper Union and at Columbia University.Agrest, Diana I. is the author of 'Architecture from Without' with ISBN 9780262510677 and ISBN 0262510677.