Dates of Our Time

Anthony Vidler's 'The Dates of the Day We Live In' examines how four architectural historians – Emil Kaufmann, Colin Rowe, Reyner Banham, and Manfredo Tafuri – constructed the calendar of Modernism. "When this book is read with chapters dedicated to Emil Kaufmann, followed by chapters devoted to Colin Rowe, Reyner Banham, and Manfredo Tafuri, it becomes evident that Vidler intermittently chronicled architecture for three-quarters of the last century. Even this alone is a high-quality endeavor; if it is included where the Day is rapidly consumed and forgotten, this effort should be praised even more." -Peter Eisenman- (From the Promotion Bulletin)