I can see the argument, like one should read 'Mein Kampf' or 'The Communist Manifesto' for historical reference. On the other hand, I think its important to re

I can see the argument, like one should read 'Mein Kampf' or 'The Communist Manifesto' for historical reference. On the other hand, I think its important to recognize that the mainstream of academic architecture does not reject his work, and continues to reject, in the main, the works of people like Jacobs and Alexander. So, yes, perhaps we should still read some of his stuff (a lot of it is pretentious nonsense, in my opinion) but only with a proper understanding of what his aesthetic lead to.