Interpretation in architecture : design as way of thinking / Adrian Snodgrass and Richard Coyne.

Main entry:

Snodgrass, Adrian.

Title & Author:

Interpretation in architecture : design as way of thinking / Adrian Snodgrass and Richard Coyne.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2006.

Description:

xi, 332 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-323) and index.
Architecture and coherence -- Play -- Architectural hermeneutics -- Playing by the rules -- Creativity as commonplace -- Edification -- Disintegrated curriculum -- Ethics and practice -- Design assessment -- Design amnesia -- Otherness -- Fusion of horizons -- World of difference -- Myth, mandala and metaphor -- Translating tradition -- Thinking through the gap -- Random thoughts on the way -- Coda.

Summary:

Drawing on cultural theory, phenomenology and concepts from Asian art and philosophy, this text reflects on the role of interpretation in the art of architectural creation, bringing an intellectual and scholarly dimension to real-world architectural design practices.

Resources:
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ISBN:

0415384486 (hb ; alk. paper)
9780415384483 (hb ; alk. paper)
0415384494 (pb ; alk. paper)
9780415384490 (pb ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Architectural design.
Architecture Philosophy.
Design architectural.

Added entries:

Coyne, Richard.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 252448
Call No.: BIB 182152
Status: Available

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