Projecting forward in time from the processes of design and construction that are so often the focus of architectural discourse, Consuming Architecture examines the variety of ways in which buildings are consumed after they have been produced, focusing in particular on processes of occupation, appropriation and interpretation. "Architectural historians and other scholars should all find something of interest here. Summing Up: Recommended." - R. T. Clement,formerly, Northwestern University, in CHOICE "The cumulative effect of the deft editorial selections by Maudlin and Vellinga, only briefly alluded to here, is ultimately compelling in its totality, presenting a new, and vitally important, critical position that is long overdue." - Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review, James Steele, University of Southern California