The “theory” that Michael Speaks addresses is not theory, but a recent bias of ideology: neo-Marxist criticism. At best, it’s at the extreme end of theory.

We need to distinguish the difference between Theory, Criticism, Commentary, and Ideology. Speaks urges us to jettison “theory” and concentrate on a market-savvy design method. Design method, in its revival from the 1960s, is also a part, but not the most important part, of architectural theory.