Lang, Ruth

Bio Sketch

Ruth Lang is an architectural writer and critic whose work engages the sociology and economics of iconic architecture, architectural agency, and material/representation questions.

Key Works

• "Iconic Ordure" (2024, The Architectural Review) — a critical review of Sklair's The Icon Project.

Key Concepts

Concepts associated with this author that have pages in this wiki:

• Iconic Architecture
• Star Architecture

Relevance to Geoffrey's Research

Lang matters to Geoffrey's spectacle & iconic architecture and semiotics & representation areas: her critique of the "centrality of the image" in iconicity — and of Sklair's disregard of architectural agency — sharpens the question of whether the icon is made by capital, by architects, or by representation.

Source Support

Source notes in this wiki drawn from this author's work:

• Iconic Ordure