The marginalized maverick: a critical theoretical analysis of Bruce Goff's Continuous present
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Title
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The marginalized maverick: a critical theoretical analysis of Bruce Goff's Continuous present
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Contributor
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John Abell
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Abstract
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Bruce Goff's prolific career lasted for 70 years leaving a total oævre of over 500 designs, held the Chairman position of the School of Architecture at the University of Oklahoma, and posthumously received the American Institute of Architects' Twenty-Five Year Award for the Bavinger House. Yet, architectural history routinely marginalizes his work. The aim of this thesis is explain the discourse that marginalized his work, and propose why his theoreticalphilosophical concept of "the Continuous Present" is significant to architectural critical theory scholarship which seeks to critique the "ideological apparatus that structures the terms and methods of specific disciplinary practices" (Rendell 2007, 2). Critical theory can explain how the canonical architectural discourse marginalized Goff. Foucault's conception of "discourse formations" is particularly useful for explaining the marginalization of the Continuous Present. Discourse formations are structured knowledge of the "object" and "subject" canons and disciplinary discourse. By understanding the marginalization of Goff's we can better understand his contributions to architecture, particularly his contribution to the Organic tradition in architecture today
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Publisher
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Pullman, Washington
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Date
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2013
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number of pages
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1
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Language
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eng
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short title
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The marginalized maverick
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