C. Greig Crysler is Associate Professor of Architecture and Program Director at the College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley. His book, Writing Spaces: Discourses of Architecture, Urbanism and the Built Environment, 1960-2000, was published by Routledge in 2003. He has been the recipient of the Article of the Year Award from the Journal of Architectural Education and the Kolodny Prize for Best Paper in Environmental Studies from the American Studies Association. Stephen Cairns is Senior Lecturer in Architectural Design and Theory, and Head of Architecture at the School of Arts, Culture and Environment (ACE), University of Edinburgh. His current research is on ′Pagan Urbanism′. Hilde Heynen is Professor of architectural theory at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. She is the author of several books and publishes regularly in architectural journals such as the Harvard Design Magazine and The Journal of Architecture, of which she is a member of the editorial board. She is also a board member of the European Association of Architectural Education (EAAE) and the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH).

Introduction - 1: Architectural Theory in an Expanded Field - C. Greig Crysler, Stephen Cairns and Hilde Heynen
Introduction - 2: Reading the Handbook - C Greig Crysler, Stephen Cairns, Hilde Heynen
PART ONE: POWER/DIFFERENCE/EMBODIMENT
Introduction: Shifting Paradigms and Concerns - Hilde Heynen and Gwendolyn Wright
Architecture, Capitalism and Criticality - Ole W Fischer
Interrogating Difference: Post-Colonial Perspectives in Architecture and Urbanism - Jyoti Hosagrahar
Tendencies and Trajectories: Feminist Approaches in Architecture - Jane Rendell
Section 1 Bibliography
Citizenship - Ines Weizman
PART TWO: AESTHETICS/PLEASURE/EXCESS
Introduction: Architecture and Aesthetics - John Macarthur and Naomi Stead
Architectural Phenomenology and the Rise of the Postmodern - Jorge Otero-Pailos
Formalism and Forms of Practice - Sandra Kaji-O¿Grady
Art in (and of) Architecture: Autonomy and Medium - Bart Verschaffel
Section 2 Bibliography
Consumption - Ana Miljacki
PART THREE: NATION/WORLD/SPECTACLE
Introduction: Enacting Modernity - AbdouMaliq Simone
Rethinking the Nation - Abidin Kusno
Entangled Modernities in Architecture - Duanfang Lu
Notes on the Society of the Brand - Shiloh Krupar and Stefan Al
Section 3 Bibliography
Heritage - Fernando Diez
PART FOUR: HISTORY/MEMORY/TRADITION
Introduction: Time¿s Arrows: Spaces of the Past - C Greig Crysler
Preservation and Modernity: Competing Perspectives, Contested Histories and the Question of Authenticity - Mrinalini Rajagopalan
Collective Memory Under Siege: The Case of ¿Heritage Terrorism¿ - M Christine Boyer
Concepts of Vernacular Architecture - Robert Brown and Daniel Maudlin
Section 4 Bibliography
Culture - Paul Walker
PART FIVE: DESIGN/PRODUCTION/PRACTICE
Introduction: Architecture¿s Double-Bind - Dana Cuff
Prometheus Unchained: The Multiple Itineraries of Contemporary Professional Freedom - Paolo Tombesi
Manners of Working: Fabricating Representation in Digital Based Design - Christopher Hight
Plural Profession, Discrepant Practices - David Salomon
Section 5 Bibliography
Flows - Stephen Cairns
PART SIX: SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY/VIRTUALITY
Introduction: Technology, Science and Virtuality - Arie Graafland and Heidi Sohn
Virtual Architecture, Actual Media - N. Katherine Hayles and Todd Gannon
Technology, Virtuality, Materiality - Antoine Picon
Architecture, Technology and the Body: From the Pre-Human to the Post-Human - Jonathan Hale
Section 6 Bibliography
Infrastructure - Delia Duong Ba Wendel
PART SEVEN: NATURE/ECOLOGY/SUSTAINABILITY
Introduction: Whither ¿Earthly¿ Architectures: Constructing Sustainability - Simon Guy
The Ecology Question and Architecture - Richard Ingersoll
Beyond Sustainability: Architecture in the Renewable City - Peter Droege
Tropical Variants of Sustainable Architecture: A Post-Colonial Perspective - Jiat-Hwee Chang
Section 7 Bibliography
Landscape - Kelly Shannon
PART EIGHT: CITY/METROPOLIS/TERRITORY
Introduction: Metropolis, Megalopolis and Meta-City - Brian McGrath and Grahame Shane
The Contemporary European Urban Project: Archipelago City, Diffuse City and Reverse City. - Paola Viganò
Slum as Theory: Mega-Cities and Urban Models - Vyjayanthi Rao
Common Lines of Flight towards the Open City - Deborah Natsios
Section 8 Bibliography
Housing - Iain Low