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Architectural Philosophy : Repetition, Function and Alterity.

Architectural Philosophy is the first book to outline a philosophical account of architecture and to establish the singularity of architectural practice and theory. This dazzling sequence of essays opens out the subject of architecture, touching on issues as wide ranging as the problem of memory and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Benjamin, Andrew
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Continuum International Pub. Group, 2000.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Contents; Preface; PART I: COMPLEX SPACING; Introduction; 1 Time, function and alterity in architecture; 2 Resisting ambivalence: form and function in Eisenman's architecture; 3 Opening resisting forms: recent projects of Reiser and Umemoto; PART II: ARCHITECTURAL THEORY; Introduction; 4 Building experience: Kant and Leibniz; 5 Building philosophy: towards architectural theory; 6 Lines of work: on diagrams and drawings; PART III: BODY, PLACE AND HISTORY; Introduction; 7 Housing the future: the architecture of Blade Runner; 8 Policing the body: Descartes and the architecture of change.
  • 9 Interrupting confession, resisting absolution: monuments after the HolocaustAnnotated guide to further reading; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; Y; Z.