Architecture, Means and Ends

Vittorio Gregotti€”the architect of Barcelona€™s Olympic Stadium, Milan€™s Arcimboldi Opera Theater, and Lisbon€™s Centro Cultural de Belém, among many other noted constructions€”is not only a designer of international repute but an acclaimed theorist and critic. Architecture, Means and Ends is his practical and imaginative reflection on the role of the technical aspects of architectural design, both as part of the larger process of innovation and in relation to the mythic opposition between vision and construction. Interweaving the seemingly irreconcilable concerns of aesthetics, meaning, and construction, Architecture, Means and Ends reflects Gregotti€™s overarching claim that buildings always have a symbolic, cultural content. In this book, he argues that by m