This book seeks to revise and revive architectural theory through
psychoanalysis as well as to apply psychoanalytic theory to
architecture. Its authors argue for Lacan’s central importance for a
comprehensive theory of building and suggest how architectural theory
might offer new resources for psychoanalytic theorists. They address
both the perceived crisis in the contemporary state of architecture and
architectural theory and crises in society at large, including political
and economic fracture and instability and threats to mental health and
well-being. It offers fresh insights to architects, architectural
educators and practitioners, scholars of psychoanalysis, and anyone
interested in the human condition in relation to the built environment.