The English architect, historian, critic, and educator Kenneth Frampton received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievementat the latest Venice Biennale 2018. There is no architecture student that is not familiar with his book Modern Architecture: A Critical History (1980). This issue ofOASEexamines the canonical role of Kenneth Framptons concept of Critical Regionalism, reaching beyond its traditional interpretation. It gathers contributions that propose a new genealogy of the text, critical re-readings and explorations by practicing architects and architecture theorists that evaluate the interest of Framptons ideas for contemporary architecture.

128 pages, 17 x 21 cm, paperback,Nai010 Publishers (Rotterdam).