In architecture, terms unfold their critical potential when they are no longer recognised and employed as a supposed precondition but rather as an integral component of design processes and practical design decisions. Based on this perspective, the publication examines how terms and rational forms of knowledge are integrated into architectural (design) practices and how crucially they interact with the outcomes of architectural design processes. The contributions to Critical Terms for Architecture were developed by the authors in the Doctoral School Architecture at Graz University of Technology as part of a course on theories of science in architecture.

With contributions by
Birgit Androschin, Maike Gold, Lukas Gosch, Christoph Holzinger, Julian Jauk, Stephan Joeris, Stefan Leitner, Anjeza Llubani, Lavinia Munteanu, Adam Sebestyen, Hana Vašatko