In 'The Art-Architecture Complex' leading art theorist Hal Foster analyses the global style in art and architecture

Hal Foster, author of the acclaimed Design and Crime, argues that a fusion of architecture and art is a defining feature of contemporary culture. He identifies a “global style” of architecture - as practiced by Norman Foster, Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano - analogous to the international style of Le Corbusier, Gropius and Mies.

In 'The Art-Architecture Complex' leading art theorist Hal Foster analyses the global style in art and architecture

Hal Foster, author of the acclaimed Design and Crime, argues that a fusion of architecture and art is a defining feature of contemporary culture. He identifies a “global style” of architecture - as practiced by Norman Foster, Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano - analogous to the international style of Le Corbusier, Gropius and Mies.

More than any art, today’s global style conveys both the dreams and delusions of modernity. Foster demonstrates that a study of the “art-architecture complex” provides invaluable insight into broader social and economic trajectories in urgent need of analysis.