Founded in 1987 the Forum has provided a platform for emerging voices and a compelling forum for architectural discourse.

According to Levine, Neo-Grec was a somewhat looser style, which "replaced the rhetorical form of classical architectural discourse by a more literal and descriptive syntax of form."

Itō has more recently been criticised, with specific reference to his writings on Ise Grand Shrine, for having 'blurred a religio-political discourse with an architectural discourse'.

As recently as the late 19th century, the design of ecclesiastical buildings played a central role in British architectural discourse.

But contemporary architecture can scarcely be understood without reference to the period that witnessed their introduction into architectural discourse.

Eventually, those efforts could be pivotal in reframing architectural discourse in this country around issues of cultural weight.

Alexander is often overlooked by texts in the history and theory of architecture because his work intentionally disregards contemporary architectural discourse.

The Marxist critics who dominated Italy's architectural discourse adored Rossi's esthetic asceticism.

As such, they present technical, economic, political and cultural questions that go beyond the architectural discourse that tends to emphasize the special case, formal gymnastics, and the self-expression of the designer or client.

In contemporary architectural discourse theory has become more concerned with its position within culture generally, and thought in particular.