Walter Benjamin has become a decisive reference point for a whole range of critical disciplines, as he constructed a unique and provocative synthesis of aesthetics, politics and philosophy. Examining Benjamin#xE2;#xAC;"s contributions to cultural criticism in relation to the works of Max Ernst, Adolf Loos, Le Corbusier and Sigfried Giedion, this book also situates Benjamin#xE2;#xAC;"s work within more recent developments in architecture and urbanism. This is a concise, coherent account of the relevance of Walter Benjamin#xE2;#xAC;"s writings to architects, locating Benjamin#xE2;#xAC;"s critical work within the context of contemporary architecture and urbanism.