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In this fresh and authoritative account John Macarthur presents the eighteenth century idea of the picturesque – when it was a risky term concerned with a refined taste for everyday things, such as the hovels of the labouring poor in the light of its reception and effects in modern culture. In a series of linked essays Macarthur shows: what the concept of picture does(...)
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In this fresh and authoritative account John Macarthur presents the eighteenth century idea of the picturesque – when it was a risky term concerned with a refined taste for everyday things, such as the hovels of the labouring poor in the light of its reception and effects in modern culture. In a series of linked essays Macarthur shows: what the concept of picture does(...)
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The picturesque: architecture, disgust and other irregularities
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In this fresh and authoritative account John Macarthur presents the eighteenth century idea of the picturesque – when it was a risky term concerned with a refined taste for everyday things, such as the hovels of the labouring poor in the light of its reception and effects in modern culture. In a series of linked essays Macarthur shows: what the concept of picture does in the picturesque and how this relates to modern theories of the image how the distaste that might be felt today at the sentimentality of the picturesque was already at play in the eighteenth century how visual values such as ‘irregularity’ become the basis of modern architectural planning; how the concept of appropriating a view moves from landscape design into urban design why movement is fundamental to picturing the stillness of buildings, cities and landscapes. Drawing on examples from architecture, art and broader culture, John Macarthur's account of this key topic in cultural history, makes engaging reading for all those studying architecture, art history, cultural history or visual studies.
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In this fresh and authoritative account John Macarthur presents the eighteenth century idea of the picturesque – when it was a risky term concerned with a refined taste for everyday things, such as the hovels of the labouring poor in the light of its reception and effects in modern culture. In a series of linked essays Macarthur shows: what the concept of picture does in the picturesque and how this relates to modern theories of the image how the distaste that might be felt today at the sentimentality of the picturesque was already at play in the eighteenth century how visual values such as ‘irregularity’ become the basis of modern architectural planning; how the concept of appropriating a view moves from landscape design into urban design why movement is fundamental to picturing the stillness of buildings, cities and landscapes. Drawing on examples from architecture, art and broader culture, John Macarthur's account of this key topic in cultural history, makes engaging reading for all those studying architecture, art history, cultural history or visual studies.
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October 2007, London, New York
October 2007, London, New York
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Qui était véritablement le polytechnicien et ingénieur des Ponts et Chaussées Auguste Choisy ? Son Histoire de l'architecture a fasciné architectes et artistes du XXe siècle. Pour l'architecte Le Corbusier, Choisy a écrit l'histoire comme personne. Pour le cinéaste Eisenstein, l'ingénieur a conçu le premier montage de l'histoire du cinéma. Pour beaucoup d'autres, Choisy a(...)
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Qui était véritablement le polytechnicien et ingénieur des Ponts et Chaussées Auguste Choisy ? Son Histoire de l'architecture a fasciné architectes et artistes du XXe siècle. Pour l'architecte Le Corbusier, Choisy a écrit l'histoire comme personne. Pour le cinéaste Eisenstein, l'ingénieur a conçu le premier montage de l'histoire du cinéma. Pour beaucoup d'autres, Choisy a(...)
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Entre raison et utopie: L'Histoire de l'architecture d'Auguste Choisy
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Qui était véritablement le polytechnicien et ingénieur des Ponts et Chaussées Auguste Choisy ? Son Histoire de l'architecture a fasciné architectes et artistes du XXe siècle. Pour l'architecte Le Corbusier, Choisy a écrit l'histoire comme personne. Pour le cinéaste Eisenstein, l'ingénieur a conçu le premier montage de l'histoire du cinéma. Pour beaucoup d'autres, Choisy a révolutionné les modes de figuration graphique de l'architecture en représentant des édifices vus par en dessous en état d'apesanteur. Pourquoi Choisy a-t-il fait un tel usage de l'axonométrie pour illustrer ses publications historiques ? Quelle est réellement la nature du récit historique de l'ingénieur? Quels sont les éléments exemplaires qui forment la trame de son interprétation historique ? Correspondent-ils aux règles de la production architecturale ? Quelles idées l'ouvrage recèle-t-il concernant la forme, son rapport à la construction, à l'esthétique ? Existait-il, pour cette œuvre, un projet social et politique sous-jacent ? En élargissant son investigation à une histoire culturelle, Thierry Mandoul montre comment l'Histoire a été soumise à l'épistémè de son temps. portée par les sciences naturelles et la science de l'ingénieur, traversée tout aussi bien par des idéologies techniques et scientifiques que par des utopies sociales et politiques.
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Qui était véritablement le polytechnicien et ingénieur des Ponts et Chaussées Auguste Choisy ? Son Histoire de l'architecture a fasciné architectes et artistes du XXe siècle. Pour l'architecte Le Corbusier, Choisy a écrit l'histoire comme personne. Pour le cinéaste Eisenstein, l'ingénieur a conçu le premier montage de l'histoire du cinéma. Pour beaucoup d'autres, Choisy a révolutionné les modes de figuration graphique de l'architecture en représentant des édifices vus par en dessous en état d'apesanteur. Pourquoi Choisy a-t-il fait un tel usage de l'axonométrie pour illustrer ses publications historiques ? Quelle est réellement la nature du récit historique de l'ingénieur? Quels sont les éléments exemplaires qui forment la trame de son interprétation historique ? Correspondent-ils aux règles de la production architecturale ? Quelles idées l'ouvrage recèle-t-il concernant la forme, son rapport à la construction, à l'esthétique ? Existait-il, pour cette œuvre, un projet social et politique sous-jacent ? En élargissant son investigation à une histoire culturelle, Thierry Mandoul montre comment l'Histoire a été soumise à l'épistémè de son temps. portée par les sciences naturelles et la science de l'ingénieur, traversée tout aussi bien par des idéologies techniques et scientifiques que par des utopies sociales et politiques.
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March 2008, Wavre
March 2008, Wavre
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The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia investigates global projects for sustainable development on the cutting edge of self-sufficient housing, addressing environmental, economic and social needs. The projects investigate construction techniques and processes to build houses with local means, from the intelligent application of traditional techniques to(...)
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The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia investigates global projects for sustainable development on the cutting edge of self-sufficient housing, addressing environmental, economic and social needs. The projects investigate construction techniques and processes to build houses with local means, from the intelligent application of traditional techniques to(...)
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Self fab house: 2nd advanced architecture contest
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The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia investigates global projects for sustainable development on the cutting edge of self-sufficient housing, addressing environmental, economic and social needs. The projects investigate construction techniques and processes to build houses with local means, from the intelligent application of traditional techniques to advanced digital processes and fabrication. This book is a fascinating compilation of the most innovative projects for single dwellings and residential buildings, proposing the most creative designs and construction through the use of new materials and energy systems, and the integration of architecture into the landscape. Based in Barcelona, the IAAC is an international centre of architectural research in territorial analysis, urban development, digital fabrications and informational environments for improving cultural, economic and social conditions.
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The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia investigates global projects for sustainable development on the cutting edge of self-sufficient housing, addressing environmental, economic and social needs. The projects investigate construction techniques and processes to build houses with local means, from the intelligent application of traditional techniques to advanced digital processes and fabrication. This book is a fascinating compilation of the most innovative projects for single dwellings and residential buildings, proposing the most creative designs and construction through the use of new materials and energy systems, and the integration of architecture into the landscape. Based in Barcelona, the IAAC is an international centre of architectural research in territorial analysis, urban development, digital fabrications and informational environments for improving cultural, economic and social conditions.
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May 2009
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Green Architecture
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This book is among the most influential books by any achitect of our era, it's celebrating complexity in architecture. This new collection of writings in a variety of genres argues for a generic architecture defined by iconography and electronics, an architecture whose elemental qualities become shelter and symbol.
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This book is among the most influential books by any achitect of our era, it's celebrating complexity in architecture. This new collection of writings in a variety of genres argues for a generic architecture defined by iconography and electronics, an architecture whose elemental qualities become shelter and symbol.
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Iconography and electronics upon a generic architecture
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This book is among the most influential books by any achitect of our era, it's celebrating complexity in architecture. This new collection of writings in a variety of genres argues for a generic architecture defined by iconography and electronics, an architecture whose elemental qualities become shelter and symbol.
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This book is among the most influential books by any achitect of our era, it's celebrating complexity in architecture. This new collection of writings in a variety of genres argues for a generic architecture defined by iconography and electronics, an architecture whose elemental qualities become shelter and symbol.
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April 1998, Cambridge, London
April 1998, Cambridge, London
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"Old Ontario houses : traditions in local architecture" is a collaborative tribute to the past by writer Tom Cruickshank and photographer John de Visser. It offers a glimpse into a selection of these homes dating from the late 18th, 19th, and the early 20th centuries, more than 150 in all.
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"Old Ontario houses : traditions in local architecture" is a collaborative tribute to the past by writer Tom Cruickshank and photographer John de Visser. It offers a glimpse into a selection of these homes dating from the late 18th, 19th, and the early 20th centuries, more than 150 in all.
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Old Ontario houses : traditions in local architecture
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"Old Ontario houses : traditions in local architecture" is a collaborative tribute to the past by writer Tom Cruickshank and photographer John de Visser. It offers a glimpse into a selection of these homes dating from the late 18th, 19th, and the early 20th centuries, more than 150 in all.
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"Old Ontario houses : traditions in local architecture" is a collaborative tribute to the past by writer Tom Cruickshank and photographer John de Visser. It offers a glimpse into a selection of these homes dating from the late 18th, 19th, and the early 20th centuries, more than 150 in all.
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September 2000, Willowdale
September 2000, Willowdale
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Architecture in Canada
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The present volume offers eloquent testimony that many of the master builders of this century have held passionate convictions regarding the philosophic and social basis of their art. Nearly every important development in the modern architectural movement began with the proclamation of these convictions in the form of a program or manifesto. The most influential of these(...)
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The present volume offers eloquent testimony that many of the master builders of this century have held passionate convictions regarding the philosophic and social basis of their art. Nearly every important development in the modern architectural movement began with the proclamation of these convictions in the form of a program or manifesto. The most influential of these(...)
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January 1975, Cambridge, Massachusetts
January 1975, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Programs and manifestos of 20th-century architecture
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The present volume offers eloquent testimony that many of the master builders of this century have held passionate convictions regarding the philosophic and social basis of their art. Nearly every important development in the modern architectural movement began with the proclamation of these convictions in the form of a program or manifesto. The most influential of these are collected here in chronological order from 1903 to 1963. Taken together, they constitute a subjective history of modern architecture; compared with one another, their great diversity of style reveals in many cases the basic differences of attitude and temperament that produced a corresponding divergence in architectural style. The documents, placed in context by the editor, are also international in their range: among them are the seminal and prophetic statements of Henry van de Velde, Adolf Loos, and Bruno Taut from the early years of the century; Frank Lloyd Wright's 1910 annunciation of Organic Architecture; Gropius's original program for the Bauhaus, founded in Weimar in 1919; "Towards a New Architecture, Guiding Principles" by Le Corbusier; the formulation by Naum Gabo and Antoine Pevsner of the basic principles of Constructivism; and articles by R. Buckminster Fuller on universal architecture and the architect as world planner. Other pronouncements, some in flamboyant style, including those of Erich Mendelsohn, Hannes Meyer, Theo van Doesburg, Oskar Schlemmer, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, El Lissitzky, and Louis I. Kahn. There are also a number of collective or group statements, issued in the name of movements such as CIAM, De Stijl, ABC, the Situationists, and GEAM.Since the dramatic effectiveness of the manifesto form is usually heightened by brevity and conciseness, it has been possible to reproduce most of the documents in their entirety; only a few have been excerpted.
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The present volume offers eloquent testimony that many of the master builders of this century have held passionate convictions regarding the philosophic and social basis of their art. Nearly every important development in the modern architectural movement began with the proclamation of these convictions in the form of a program or manifesto. The most influential of these are collected here in chronological order from 1903 to 1963. Taken together, they constitute a subjective history of modern architecture; compared with one another, their great diversity of style reveals in many cases the basic differences of attitude and temperament that produced a corresponding divergence in architectural style. The documents, placed in context by the editor, are also international in their range: among them are the seminal and prophetic statements of Henry van de Velde, Adolf Loos, and Bruno Taut from the early years of the century; Frank Lloyd Wright's 1910 annunciation of Organic Architecture; Gropius's original program for the Bauhaus, founded in Weimar in 1919; "Towards a New Architecture, Guiding Principles" by Le Corbusier; the formulation by Naum Gabo and Antoine Pevsner of the basic principles of Constructivism; and articles by R. Buckminster Fuller on universal architecture and the architect as world planner. Other pronouncements, some in flamboyant style, including those of Erich Mendelsohn, Hannes Meyer, Theo van Doesburg, Oskar Schlemmer, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, El Lissitzky, and Louis I. Kahn. There are also a number of collective or group statements, issued in the name of movements such as CIAM, De Stijl, ABC, the Situationists, and GEAM.Since the dramatic effectiveness of the manifesto form is usually heightened by brevity and conciseness, it has been possible to reproduce most of the documents in their entirety; only a few have been excerpted.
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January 1975, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Written from a neo-marxist point of view by a proeminent Italian architectural historian, "Architecture and utopia" leads the reader beyond architectural form into a broader understanding of a relation of architecture to society and architects to the workforce and the marketplace. It discuses the garden cities movement and the sub-urban development it generated, the(...)
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Written from a neo-marxist point of view by a proeminent Italian architectural historian, "Architecture and utopia" leads the reader beyond architectural form into a broader understanding of a relation of architecture to society and architects to the workforce and the marketplace. It discuses the garden cities movement and the sub-urban development it generated, the(...)
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Architecture and utopia : design and capitalist development
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Written from a neo-marxist point of view by a proeminent Italian architectural historian, "Architecture and utopia" leads the reader beyond architectural form into a broader understanding of a relation of architecture to society and architects to the workforce and the marketplace. It discuses the garden cities movement and the sub-urban development it generated, the German-Russian architectural experiments of the 1920s, the place of the avant-garde in the plastic arts, the uses and pitfalls of semiological approaches to architecture, and assesses, the prospects of socialist alternatives.
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Written from a neo-marxist point of view by a proeminent Italian architectural historian, "Architecture and utopia" leads the reader beyond architectural form into a broader understanding of a relation of architecture to society and architects to the workforce and the marketplace. It discuses the garden cities movement and the sub-urban development it generated, the German-Russian architectural experiments of the 1920s, the place of the avant-garde in the plastic arts, the uses and pitfalls of semiological approaches to architecture, and assesses, the prospects of socialist alternatives.
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October 1979, Cambridge / London
October 1979, Cambridge / London
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One of the most profound thinkers of the modern age, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) has been the subject of volumes of literature that document his life and work. Until now there has been no in-depth study devoted to Nietzsche's thoughts and impact on architecture, (...)
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One of the most profound thinkers of the modern age, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) has been the subject of volumes of literature that document his life and work. Until now there has been no in-depth study devoted to Nietzsche's thoughts and impact on architecture, (...)
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Nietzsche and an architecture of our minds
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One of the most profound thinkers of the modern age, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) has been the subject of volumes of literature that document his life and work. Until now there has been no in-depth study devoted to Nietzsche's thoughts and impact on architecture, specifically his far-reaching notion of an architecture commensurate with the modern mind. In the essays that comprise this book, thirteen contributors from a wide variety of disciplines (including art history, architecture and architectural theory, literature, philosophy, and city planning) assess the relationship of Nietzschean philosophy to art and architecture, elucidate frequent misunderstandings, and determine patterns of influence. The book is divided into three parts: "The Metaphors of Architecture," "Between Art, Literature, and Architecture," and "Nietzsche and the Architects." Contributors include Paolo Baldacci, the Giorgio and Isa de Chirico Foundation, Rome; Hanne Bergius, Hochschule fur Kunst und Design Burg Giebichenstein, Halle, Germany; Rolf Bothe, Kunstsammlungen zu Weimar, Germany; Claudia Brodsky Lacour, Princeton University; Tilmann Buddensieg, Humbolt-Universität Berlin; Jean-Louis Cohen, Université de Paris and Institute of Fine Arts, New York University; Karsten Harries, Yale University; Werner Hofmann, Germany; Fritz Neumeyer, Technische Universität Berlin; Léon Ploegaerts, University of Ottawa, Canada; and Anthony Vidler, University of California at Los Angeles. Edited by Alexandre Kostka and Irving Wohlfarth.
Nietzsche and an architecture of our minds
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One of the most profound thinkers of the modern age, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) has been the subject of volumes of literature that document his life and work. Until now there has been no in-depth study devoted to Nietzsche's thoughts and impact on architecture, specifically his far-reaching notion of an architecture commensurate with the modern mind. In the essays that comprise this book, thirteen contributors from a wide variety of disciplines (including art history, architecture and architectural theory, literature, philosophy, and city planning) assess the relationship of Nietzschean philosophy to art and architecture, elucidate frequent misunderstandings, and determine patterns of influence. The book is divided into three parts: "The Metaphors of Architecture," "Between Art, Literature, and Architecture," and "Nietzsche and the Architects." Contributors include Paolo Baldacci, the Giorgio and Isa de Chirico Foundation, Rome; Hanne Bergius, Hochschule fur Kunst und Design Burg Giebichenstein, Halle, Germany; Rolf Bothe, Kunstsammlungen zu Weimar, Germany; Claudia Brodsky Lacour, Princeton University; Tilmann Buddensieg, Humbolt-Universität Berlin; Jean-Louis Cohen, Université de Paris and Institute of Fine Arts, New York University; Karsten Harries, Yale University; Werner Hofmann, Germany; Fritz Neumeyer, Technische Universität Berlin; Léon Ploegaerts, University of Ottawa, Canada; and Anthony Vidler, University of California at Los Angeles. Edited by Alexandre Kostka and Irving Wohlfarth.
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July 1999, Los Angeles
July 1999, Los Angeles
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This invaluable reader brings together for the first time the core writings on architecture by key philosophers and cultural theorists of the twentieth century. Issues around the built environment are increasingly central to the study of the social sciences and humanities. The essays offer a refreshing take on the question(...)
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This invaluable reader brings together for the first time the core writings on architecture by key philosophers and cultural theorists of the twentieth century. Issues around the built environment are increasingly central to the study of the social sciences and humanities. The essays offer a refreshing take on the question(...)
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Rethinking architecture : a reader in cultural theory
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This invaluable reader brings together for the first time the core writings on architecture by key philosophers and cultural theorists of the twentieth century. Issues around the built environment are increasingly central to the study of the social sciences and humanities. The essays offer a refreshing take on the question of architecture and provocatively rethink many of the accepted tenets of architectural theory from a broader cultural perspective. The book represents a careful selection of the very best theoretical writings on the ideas which have shaped our cities and our experiences of architecture.
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This invaluable reader brings together for the first time the core writings on architecture by key philosophers and cultural theorists of the twentieth century. Issues around the built environment are increasingly central to the study of the social sciences and humanities. The essays offer a refreshing take on the question of architecture and provocatively rethink many of the accepted tenets of architectural theory from a broader cultural perspective. The book represents a careful selection of the very best theoretical writings on the ideas which have shaped our cities and our experiences of architecture.
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December 1996, New York
December 1996, New York
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This invaluable reader brings together for the first time the core writings on architecture by key philosophers and cultural theorists of the twentieth century. Issues around the built environment are increasingly central to the study of the social sciences and humanities. The essays offer a refreshing take on the question(...)
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This invaluable reader brings together for the first time the core writings on architecture by key philosophers and cultural theorists of the twentieth century. Issues around the built environment are increasingly central to the study of the social sciences and humanities. The essays offer a refreshing take on the question(...)
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This invaluable reader brings together for the first time the core writings on architecture by key philosophers and cultural theorists of the twentieth century. Issues around the built environment are increasingly central to the study of the social sciences and humanities. The essays offer a refreshing take on the question of architecture and provocatively rethink many of the accepted tenets of architectural theory from a broader cultural perspective. The book represents a careful selection of the very best theoretical writings on the ideas which have shaped our cities and our experiences of architecture.
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This invaluable reader brings together for the first time the core writings on architecture by key philosophers and cultural theorists of the twentieth century. Issues around the built environment are increasingly central to the study of the social sciences and humanities. The essays offer a refreshing take on the question of architecture and provocatively rethink many of the accepted tenets of architectural theory from a broader cultural perspective. The book represents a careful selection of the very best theoretical writings on the ideas which have shaped our cities and our experiences of architecture.
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January 1900, New York
January 1900, New York
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