The five pieces in Candide 07 (October 2013), “Turning Point 1973: Large-scale housing production and architectural knowledge,” consider the implications of post-1968 societal change and the world economic crisis of the mid-1970s on the discipline. The end of broad, publically funded housing programs was critical in a shift toward the academic separation between architecture, urban planning, and the social sciences leading to a belief in the “autonomy of architecture,” a belief that continues to shape architecture pedagogy and practice today.

Anne Kockelkorn is a co-editor of this issue.