X-Ray Architecture
By Beatriz Colomina, professor of the history and theory of architecture
Published Dec. 14, 2018
Princeton Professor Beatriz Colomina challenges normal understandings of modern architecture in X-Ray Architecture (Lars Müller Publishers). Looking at technologies on formation, representation, and reception, she argues that 20th-century architecture was shaped by the period’s medical obsession—the X-ray.
Paw in print
Image
The Latest Issue
December 2025
Judge Michael Park ’98; shifts in DEI initiatives; a night at the new art museum.