The Socius of Architecture, Amsterdam, Tokyo, New York (010 Publishers 2000) Composed as a tri-part investigation of architecture, urbanism, and design proposals; or, critical analysis, sociological research, and architectural projects respectively. The architectural analysis, part I of the book, develops a critical position regarding the possibility of architecture to engage in the current socio-political discourse. Among others, the analysis addresses the Kunsthal and the IJ Bank projects of the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas. In part II of the book three cities: Amsterdam, New York, and Tokyo are discussed both in terms of a descriptive analysis as well as in regard to the critical positions developed in part I. Each chapter in part II concludes with a design proposal for an architectural project. The projects are developed as a mediating, potentially performative, critique of the combined architectural analysis and urban research. The Socius of Architecture is the second volume in the Stylos Book Series.