The Banham Lectures

Foreword, Mary Banham Introduction, Jeremy Aynsley, Royal College of Art PART ONE: IN THE REAR-VIEW MIRROR: BANHAM REVISITED 1. The Art of the Well-Tempered Lecture: Reyner Banham and Le Corbusier, Tim Benton, Open University 2. Of Cars, Clothes and Carpets: Design Metaphors in Architectural Thought, Adrian Forty, University College London 3. Theory and Design: The Banham Factor, Gillian Naylor 4. Reyner Banham and Photography, Mark Haworth-Booth, London College of Communication 5. Peter Would Enjoy These: Looking at the Edges of the Architectural Vocabulary Peter Cook, University College London PART TWO: FROM VEHICLES OF DESIRE TO SUNDAE PAINTERS: SEEING THINGS THE BANHAM WAY 6. Sleeping Around: a History of American Beds and Bedrooms, Elizabeth Collins Cromley, Northeastern University, Boston 7. Flash Gordon and American Auto Design in the 1950s, Frank Dudas 8. A Paper Atlantis: Postcards, Mass Art and the American Scene, Jeffrey L. Meikle, University of Texas at Austin 9. As Long as it's Pink: from Production to Consumption in Twentieth Century Design, Penny Sparke, Kingston University 10. Saul Bass: A Life in Design and Film; Saul and Elaine Bass: A Collaboration in Film and Life, Pat Kirkham, Bard Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, New York PART THREE: AN ARCHITECTURE AUTRE? LOOKING AT THE OVERLOOKED 11. Architecture and the Museum: A Relationship Between Form and Function, Charles Saumarez Smith, Royal Academy, London 12. Non-Plan Revisited: Or the Real Way Cities Grow, Paul Barker, writer, broadcaster, former Editor of New Society 13. Time: Architecture's Touchstone, Cedric Price 14. Enclosed by Images: Architecture in the Post-Sputnik Age, Beatriz Colomina, Princeton University PART FOUR: APPARATUS, CLIP-ON, GIZMO, SOFTWARE, HIGH-TECH: FUTURISM, DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY 15. An Historian of Science and Technology Confronts Gender and Design, Ruth Schwartz Cowan, University of Pennsylvania 16. Materials and Dematerialization: The Future of Industrial

Jeremy Aynsley is Professor of Design History and founding Director of the Centre for Design History at the University of Brighton, UK.

"These lively essays by distinguished authors highlight both the importance of design history and Reyner Banham's highly influential contributions to that history. The book will introduce Banham's zany and original voice to a new generation of readers who may not yet know what a signal role he played in shaping our views of modern architecture, popular culture and twentieth-century design." Alice T. Friedman, Wellesley College "Reyner Banham could not have hoped for a better testament to his lively intelligence than the incisive essays in this volume. His impact on several generations of architects, designers, and scholars is more than evident." Victor Margolin, University of Illinois at Chicago "Banham's words accompany the reader throughout the book while his persona gradually emerges from the authors' anecdotes." Form - The Making of Design Magazine