Contesting Wittgenstein’s Remarks on Architecture

Abstract

As the general concern of this journal issue is the relevance of Wittgenstein’s thinking for the philosophy of architecture, I will take the task quite literally. Accordingly, the aim of my paper is to explore whether there is evidence for systematic ideas about architecture in Wittgenstein. Reading Culture and Value, it may well seem as if architecture ranked among the subjects Wittgenstein did think about—at least from time to time. I will provide some context concerning the status of these remarks—as well as that of some others not included in Culture and Value—in Wittgenstein’s work.