
Five Footnotes Toward an Architecture
$53.53
- Paperback
312 pages
- Release Date
10 February 2026
Summary
Architect and educator Mark Lee, on the occasion of his fifth and final year as Chair of the Department of Architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, presents a body of work based on five considerations: on history, on cadence, on autonomy, on America, and on point.
These five “footnotes” explore the relationship between architectural education, research, and professional practice. Lee’s lecture embraces dialogue, context, and precedent, rejecting the idea of a …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781915609762 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1915609763 |
| Author: | Mark Lee, Sarah M. Whiting, Michelle JaJa Chang, K. Michael Hays, Andrew Holder |
| Publisher: | Sternberg Press |
| Imprint: | Sternberg Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 312 |
| Release Date: | 10 February 2026 |
| Weight: | 363g |
| Dimensions: | 184mm x 121mm x 30mm |
| Series: | Sternberg Press / The Incidents |
About The Author
Mark Lee
Mark Lee is principal and founding partner of the Los Angeles-based architecture firm Johnston Marklee. Since its establishment in 1998, Johnston Marklee has been recognized nationally and internationally with over thirty major awards. A book on the work of the firm, entitled HOUSE IS A HOUSE IS A HOUSE IS A HOUSE IS A HOUSE, was published in 2016. This followed a monograph on the firm’s work, published by 2G in 2014. Mark is Professor in Practice at the Harvard GSD and has taught at Princeton University, the University of California, Los Angeles, the Technical University of Berlin, and ETH Zurich. He has held the Cullinan Chair at Rice University and the Frank Gehry International Chair at the University of Toronto.
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