Authorship On authorship Mónica Ponce de León Author after author Ellie Abrons Authoring materials Curt Gambetta The ownership revolution : digital culture and the transformation of architectural practice and ideals Antoine Picon Discourse on the ownership revolution Lucia Allais Thom Mayne on architecture & other selfless subjects Jesse Reiser W.I.P.#183: Thom Mayne Eda Yteim The end of authority Peter Eisenman with Julian Rose Creative miscegenation in architecture a theorem Marshall Brown Selected work Frank Barkow and Regine Leibinger Architecture as instrument Hal Foster Signatures Florencia Pita and Jackilin Bloom Signature in the age of Siri Sylvia Lavin. Authorship critically examines emergent themes in contemporary architecture by revisiting the seemingly defunct notion of design authorship. As we revel in the death of the master architect how do we come to terms with the shifting role of creativity in architectures cultural production In Authorship a cross disciplinary group of designers and scholars explores this topic through a myriad of lenses. Subjects include the impact of digital tools and computational scripts on the conception of buildings in the age of robotics the current climate of appropriation and sampling as a counter form of authorship and the rise of reauthored materials in a postdigital age. These questions are cast against alternative ideas of authorship that in turn reposition the history of architecture. Featured essays investigate the separation between the personal and the authored while other contributions expose meaning symbolism and iconography as the subjects of authority not authorship. Ultimately this book dismantles realigns and reassembles disparate architectural conditions to form new ways of thinking. Discourse is a biannual publication series that presents timely themes on and around architecture. A selective compilation of essays interviews roundtable discussions featured exhibitions photo essays and collateral materials such as architectural models sketches and built works highlight architectural culture practice and theory