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This important book, which received the 1984 Alice Davis Hitchcock Award, traces the process by which the mystical and numerological grounds for the use of number and geometry in building gave way to the more functional and technical ones that prevail in architectural theory and practice today.
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This important book, which received the 1984 Alice Davis Hitchcock Award, traces the process by which the mystical and numerological grounds for the use of number and geometry in building gave way to the more functional and technical ones that prevail in architectural theory and practice today.
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January 1985, Cambridge, Mass.
January 1985, Cambridge, Mass.
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Architecture and the crisis of modern science
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This important book, which received the 1984 Alice Davis Hitchcock Award, traces the process by which the mystical and numerological grounds for the use of number and geometry in building gave way to the more functional and technical ones that prevail in architectural theory and practice today.
Architecture and the crisis of modern science
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This important book, which received the 1984 Alice Davis Hitchcock Award, traces the process by which the mystical and numerological grounds for the use of number and geometry in building gave way to the more functional and technical ones that prevail in architectural theory and practice today.
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January 1985, Cambridge, Mass.
January 1985, Cambridge, Mass.
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Photography and anthropology
Photography and anthropology
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In this publication, Christopher Pinney presents an account of the strikingly parallel histories of the two disciplines, as well as a polemical narrative and overview of the use of photography by anthropologists from the 1840s to the present. Through numerous examples from the annals of anthropological photography, this book examines the history of anthropology’s(...)
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In this publication, Christopher Pinney presents an account of the strikingly parallel histories of the two disciplines, as well as a polemical narrative and overview of the use of photography by anthropologists from the 1840s to the present. Through numerous examples from the annals of anthropological photography, this book examines the history of anthropology’s(...)
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Photography and anthropology
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In this publication, Christopher Pinney presents an account of the strikingly parallel histories of the two disciplines, as well as a polemical narrative and overview of the use of photography by anthropologists from the 1840s to the present. Through numerous examples from the annals of anthropological photography, this book examines the history of anthropology’s enchantment with photography alongside the anthropological theory of photography and documentation.
Photography and anthropology
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In this publication, Christopher Pinney presents an account of the strikingly parallel histories of the two disciplines, as well as a polemical narrative and overview of the use of photography by anthropologists from the 1840s to the present. Through numerous examples from the annals of anthropological photography, this book examines the history of anthropology’s enchantment with photography alongside the anthropological theory of photography and documentation.
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April 2011
April 2011
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Theory of Photography
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xi, 206 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 23 cm
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London : Macmillan, 1988.
London : Macmillan, 1988.
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The garden city utopia : a critical biography of Ebenezer Howard / Robert Beevers.
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xi, 206 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 23 cm
The garden city utopia : a critical biography of Ebenezer Howard / Robert Beevers.
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London : Macmillan, 1988.
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xi, 216 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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xi, 216 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1990.
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1990.
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Postmodern sophistications : philosophy, architecture, and tradition / David Kolb.
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xi, 216 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Postmodern sophistications : philosophy, architecture, and tradition / David Kolb.
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1990.
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xxiv, 173 pages ; 24 cm
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002.
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002.
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Habitations of modernity : essays in the wake of subaltern studies / Dipesh Chakrabarty ; with a foreword by Homi K. Bhabha.
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xxiv, 173 pages ; 24 cm
Habitations of modernity : essays in the wake of subaltern studies / Dipesh Chakrabarty ; with a foreword by Homi K. Bhabha.
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002.
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xviii, 488 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1997.
Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1997.
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The fate of place : a philosophical history / Edward S. Casey.
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xviii, 488 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
The fate of place : a philosophical history / Edward S. Casey.
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Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1997.
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Vacant city : Brussels' Mont des Arts reconsidered / [edited by Bruno de Meulder, Karina Van Herck].
Vacant city : Brussels' Mont des Arts reconsidered / [edited by Bruno de Meulder, Karina Van Herck].
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375 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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Rotterdam : NAi Publishers, ©2000.
Rotterdam : NAi Publishers, ©2000.
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Vacant city : Brussels' Mont des Arts reconsidered / [edited by Bruno de Meulder, Karina Van Herck].
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375 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Vacant city : Brussels' Mont des Arts reconsidered / [edited by Bruno de Meulder, Karina Van Herck].
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Rotterdam : NAi Publishers, ©2000.
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Tying together for key concepts in cultural geography and colonial urbanism, the book proposes a vigorous historiography, exposing hidden narratives and past agendas still dominating the disciplinary discourse. Written by a cultural geographer and a town planner, this book offers a rounded, full-length analysis of Geddes' vision and its material manifestation, functioning(...)
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Tying together for key concepts in cultural geography and colonial urbanism, the book proposes a vigorous historiography, exposing hidden narratives and past agendas still dominating the disciplinary discourse. Written by a cultural geographer and a town planner, this book offers a rounded, full-length analysis of Geddes' vision and its material manifestation, functioning(...)
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Patrick Geddes and town planning : a critical view
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Tying together for key concepts in cultural geography and colonial urbanism, the book proposes a vigorous historiography, exposing hidden narratives and past agendas still dominating the disciplinary discourse. Written by a cultural geographer and a town planner, this book offers a rounded, full-length analysis of Geddes' vision and its material manifestation, functioning also as a much needed critical tool to evaluate Modern Town Planning as an academic and practical discipline. The book also includes a long overdue model of his urban theory.
Patrick Geddes and town planning : a critical view
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Tying together for key concepts in cultural geography and colonial urbanism, the book proposes a vigorous historiography, exposing hidden narratives and past agendas still dominating the disciplinary discourse. Written by a cultural geographer and a town planner, this book offers a rounded, full-length analysis of Geddes' vision and its material manifestation, functioning also as a much needed critical tool to evaluate Modern Town Planning as an academic and practical discipline. The book also includes a long overdue model of his urban theory.
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March 2011
March 2011
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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Author Patrik Schumacher offers innovative treatment that enriches architectural theory with a coordinated arsenal of concepts facilitating both detailed analysis and insightful comparisons with other domains, such as art, science and politics. He explores how the various modes of communication comprising architecture depend upon each other, combine, and form a unique(...)
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Author Patrik Schumacher offers innovative treatment that enriches architectural theory with a coordinated arsenal of concepts facilitating both detailed analysis and insightful comparisons with other domains, such as art, science and politics. He explores how the various modes of communication comprising architecture depend upon each other, combine, and form a unique(...)
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The autopoiesis of architecture: a new framework for architecture
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Author Patrik Schumacher offers innovative treatment that enriches architectural theory with a coordinated arsenal of concepts facilitating both detailed analysis and insightful comparisons with other domains, such as art, science and politics. He explores how the various modes of communication comprising architecture depend upon each other, combine, and form a unique subsystem of society that co-evolves with other important autopoietic subsystems like art, science, politics and the economy. The first of two volumes that together present a comprehensive account of architecture's autopoiesis
The autopoiesis of architecture: a new framework for architecture
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Author Patrik Schumacher offers innovative treatment that enriches architectural theory with a coordinated arsenal of concepts facilitating both detailed analysis and insightful comparisons with other domains, such as art, science and politics. He explores how the various modes of communication comprising architecture depend upon each other, combine, and form a unique subsystem of society that co-evolves with other important autopoietic subsystems like art, science, politics and the economy. The first of two volumes that together present a comprehensive account of architecture's autopoiesis
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February 2011
February 2011
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Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
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Pop or populus
Pop or populus
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The alienation between modern high culture and its public is a fundamental conflict of art. This book develops a theory of contemporary art in response to our moment, when artists and critics must respond to art’s unprecedented popularity. Close readings of Friedrich Nietzsche, Jacques Rancière, Theodor W. Adorno, Clement Greenberg, Benjamin Buchloh, and Boris Groys(...)
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The alienation between modern high culture and its public is a fundamental conflict of art. This book develops a theory of contemporary art in response to our moment, when artists and critics must respond to art’s unprecedented popularity. Close readings of Friedrich Nietzsche, Jacques Rancière, Theodor W. Adorno, Clement Greenberg, Benjamin Buchloh, and Boris Groys(...)
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Pop or populus
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The alienation between modern high culture and its public is a fundamental conflict of art. This book develops a theory of contemporary art in response to our moment, when artists and critics must respond to art’s unprecedented popularity. Close readings of Friedrich Nietzsche, Jacques Rancière, Theodor W. Adorno, Clement Greenberg, Benjamin Buchloh, and Boris Groys provide the theoretical framework to comprehend a dialectic of art propelled by tension between the enduring history of art and the domineering presence of mass culture.
Pop or populus
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The alienation between modern high culture and its public is a fundamental conflict of art. This book develops a theory of contemporary art in response to our moment, when artists and critics must respond to art’s unprecedented popularity. Close readings of Friedrich Nietzsche, Jacques Rancière, Theodor W. Adorno, Clement Greenberg, Benjamin Buchloh, and Boris Groys provide the theoretical framework to comprehend a dialectic of art propelled by tension between the enduring history of art and the domineering presence of mass culture.
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February 2009
February 2009
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Art Theory
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