This was a celebration of a strand of architecture that is provincial in its positive sense

摘要

The consensus of those at Ghost 13 was that it was the best architectural conference they had attended. What a contrast to mind-numbing academic conferences where the same figures flogged to death long ago - Benjamin, Barthes, Baudrillard, Derrida, Deleuze -are recycled once more, in part, Ghost 13's success was because the conference was about actual buildings and the architecture shown was exceptionally fine. The delivery of the presentations was of a high standard too, always thoughtful and occasionally theatrical, on the last day as a series of comic turns.