Adrian Forty
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Adrian Forty is Professor of Architectural History at The Bartlett
, the Faculty of the Built Environment at University College London
. He is the Programme Director of the MSc programme in Architectural History.
In 2003, he was awarded the Sir Misha Black
Award for Innovation in Design Education.
Forty's main interest is in architecture's role in societies and cultural contexts. His research includes work on the design of consumer goods; on language and architecture; and on architecture, collective memory
, and forgetting. As of lately, he is concerned with the history, aesthetics, and cultural significance of concrete
as a construction material.
The Bartlett
The Bartlett is the Faculty of the Built Environment at University College London. University College London created the first chair of architecture in 1841, and the school is named after the original benefactor, Sir Herbert Bartlett.-External links:*...
, the Faculty of the Built Environment at University College London
University College London
University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
. He is the Programme Director of the MSc programme in Architectural History.
In 2003, he was awarded the Sir Misha Black
Misha Black
Sir Misha Black was an Azerbaijan-born British architect and designer. In 1933 he founded with associates in London the organisation which became the Artists’ International Association. From 1959 to 1975 he was a professor of industrial design at the Royal College of Art in London, England...
Award for Innovation in Design Education.
Forty's main interest is in architecture's role in societies and cultural contexts. His research includes work on the design of consumer goods; on language and architecture; and on architecture, collective memory
Collective memory
Collective memory refers to the shared pool of information held in the memories of two or more members of a group, and was coined by the philosopher and sociologist Maurice Halbwachs. Collective memory can be shared, passed on and constructed by groups both small and large...
, and forgetting. As of lately, he is concerned with the history, aesthetics, and cultural significance of concrete
Concrete
Concrete is a composite construction material, composed of cement and other cementitious materials such as fly ash and slag cement, aggregate , water and chemical admixtures.The word concrete comes from the Latin word...
as a construction material.
Select list of Forty's writings
- Objects of Desire: Design and Society since 1750, London: Thames and Hudson 1986.
- The Art of Forgetting, ed., with Susanne Küchler, Oxford: Berg 1999.
- Words and Buildings: A Vocabulary of Modern Architecture, London: Thames and Hudson 2000.
- Brazil's Modern Architecture, with Elisabetta Andreoli, London: Phaidon PressPhaidon PressPhaidon Press is a British publisher of books on the visual arts, including art, architecture, photography, and design worldwide.As of 2009, Phaidon's headquarters are in London, UK, though they were in Oxford for many years, with offices in New York City, Paris, Berlin, Milan, and Tokyo...
2004.