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Condemned
Building. Douglas Darden.
Containing ten unrealized, "rhetorical"
projects, this book presents Darden's search for architectural
meaning through his unique design process, his love of literature
and poetry, and the skilled hands of a master delineator.
His dis/continuous genealogies - separate images superimposed
to create a new, hybrid image - are an adequate analogy
for the book, which layers hidden meanings beneath the surfaces
and forms of the architecture. The conceptual clarity and
unique point-of-view make each project memorable, though
the reader is rewarded through careful investigations of
the multiple layers. Three years after the publication of
this, his sole book in 1993, architect Douglas Darden died
of leukemia at the age of 42. Princeton Architectural Press
recently reprinted the book in a limited edition due to
its ongoing popularity.
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