Is architecture art? a history of categories, concepts and recent practices

该项目旨在将建筑理论与更广泛的文化理论联系起来，为建筑理论与创造性实践的结合提供新的途径。对于建筑是否是一门艺术这个反复出现的问题，没有简单的答案。然而，解开这个问题中历史和当前的利害关系将有助于更好地理解当代文化中的建筑。目前，艺术画廊中的建筑展览和文化经济新措施中的建筑分类所引起的问题似乎是没有联系的。该项目计划表明，这些问题与艺术系统的悠久历史以及最近关于媒介、学科和美学自治在定义艺术中的作用的辩论有关。

The project aims to link architectural theory with broader cultural theory to provide new ways for architectural theory to engage with creative practice. There is no simple answer to the recurring question of whether architecture is an art. Nevertheless, unpacking the historical and current interests at stake in this question will lead to a better understanding of architecture in contemporary culture. Current issues arising from the exhibition of architecture in art galleries and architecture’s classification in new measures of the cultural economy appear to be unconnected. The project plans to show that these issues are linked in the long history of systems of the arts and recent debates about the role of medium, discipline and aesthetic autonomy in defining the arts.