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This article appeared in Harvard Design Magazine, Fall 2004/Winter 2005, Number 21.

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“Criticality” and Its Discontents


George Baird

Shortly before his untimely death, the Spanish theorist and

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G E O R G E B A I R D , Dean, Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design,
University of Toronto; partner, Baird Sampson Neuert Architects, Inc.; former
professor of architecture, Harvard Design School; author of books including
The Space of Appearance.

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