Five Footnotes Toward an Architecture by Mark Lee - ISBN: 9781915609762
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Five architectural viewpoints dissecting history, cadence, autonomy, America, and purpose.

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    312 pages

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    10 February 2026

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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
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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