The building /
For nearly fifty years, the building has primarily been understood as a means rather than an end within architectural history and theory. This volume presents an alternative to that trend by reconceiving the building as a central discursive category in its own right. Contributors, including academic...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Zürich :
Lars Muller Publishers,
[2016]
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| Summary: | For nearly fifty years, the building has primarily been understood as a means rather than an end within architectural history and theory. This volume presents an alternative to that trend by reconceiving the building as a central discursive category in its own right. Contributors, including academics and architects from world-renowned institutions, aim to recast architectural design thinking as a domain of knowledge by turning the object into a primary concern. As a result, 'The Building' offers insightful discussions of key architectural structures conceived in Europe, Asia, and the U.S.A. over the last three decades. In exploring these structures through a number of meta-disciplinary questions, this book suggests ways in which buildings can trigger conceptual frameworks whose influence extends well beyond architecture. A balanced text-to-image ratio caters to a variety of readers in both practice and academia. |
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| Item Description: | On title page : Princeton School of Architecture, Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Architectural Association School of Architecture. |
| Physical Description: | 414 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: | 3037784989 9783037784983 |