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April 01 2021
A House Deconstructed: An Uncertainty Manifesto
Mark Jarzombek,
Mark Jarzombek
Mark Jarzombek is Professor of the History and Theory of Architecture at MIT.
He works on a wide range of topics both historical and theoretical. His publications include
the groundbreaking textbook, A Global History of Architecture (Wiley Press,
2006) with co-author Vikramaditya Prakash and with the noted illustrator Francis D.K. Ching; Architecture of First Societies: A Global Perspective (Wiley Press,
2013); and Digital Stockholm Syndrome in the Post-Ontological Age (University of Minnesota Press, 2016). In 2018, Jarzombek and Prakash founded O(U)R, [Office
for (Un)certainty Research].
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Vikram Prakash
Vikram Prakash
Vikramaditya Prakash is Professor and Associate Dean, College of Built
Environments, University of Washington, Seattle. He works on modernism, postcoloniality,
global history, and fashion and architecture. He is host of the ArchitectureTalk podcast and
co-design lead at O(U)R: Office of (Un)certainty Research. His latest book, One
Continuous Line: Art, Architecture and Urbanism of Aditya Prakash (Mapin, 2020)
documents Indian modernism in a global frame. He is co-PI (with Mark Jarzombek) of Andrew W.
Mellon Foundation grants for GAHTC Global Architectural History Teaching Collaborative. He
holds a B.Arch from Punjab University and both an MA and PhD from Cornell. He lives in
Seattle with his wife and three children.
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Mark Jarzombek
Mark Jarzombek is Professor of the History and Theory of Architecture at MIT.
He works on a wide range of topics both historical and theoretical. His publications include
the groundbreaking textbook, A Global History of Architecture (Wiley Press,
2006) with co-author Vikramaditya Prakash and with the noted illustrator Francis D.K. Ching; Architecture of First Societies: A Global Perspective (Wiley Press,
2013); and Digital Stockholm Syndrome in the Post-Ontological Age (University of Minnesota Press, 2016). In 2018, Jarzombek and Prakash founded O(U)R, [Office
for (Un)certainty Research].
Vikram Prakash
Vikramaditya Prakash is Professor and Associate Dean, College of Built
Environments, University of Washington, Seattle. He works on modernism, postcoloniality,
global history, and fashion and architecture. He is host of the ArchitectureTalk podcast and
co-design lead at O(U)R: Office of (Un)certainty Research. His latest book, One
Continuous Line: Art, Architecture and Urbanism of Aditya Prakash (Mapin, 2020)
documents Indian modernism in a global frame. He is co-PI (with Mark Jarzombek) of Andrew W.
Mellon Foundation grants for GAHTC Global Architectural History Teaching Collaborative. He
holds a B.Arch from Punjab University and both an MA and PhD from Cornell. He lives in
Seattle with his wife and three children.
Online Issn: 2572-7338
Print Issn: 1091-711X
© 2021 Mark Jarzombek and Vikram Prakash
2021
Mark Jarzombek and Vikram Prakash
Thresholds (2021) (49): 71–78.
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Mark Jarzombek, Vikram Prakash; A House Deconstructed: An Uncertainty Manifesto. Thresholds 2021; (49): 71–78. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/thld_a_00730
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