| Rethinking Architecture: A Reader in Cultural Theory UK Edition Contributor(s): Leach, Neil (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415128269 ISBN-13: 9780415128261 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $60.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1997 Annotation: "Rethinking Architecture" offers a refreshing take on the statement of architecture -- what we mean by what we build. Brought together for the first time, this collection of core writings on architecture by many of the key philosophers and cultural theorists of the twentieth century reconsiders many of the accepted tenets of architectural theory from a broader cultural perspective. "Rethinking Architecture" represents a careful selection of the very best theoretical writings on the ideas which have shaped our cities and our experiences around architecture. Neil Leach lays out five sections composing the predominant schools of twentieth century thought. Sectional introductions link important ideas and themes, and surveys of the lives and works of each theorist preface their writings. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Criticism - Architecture | Urban & Land Use Planning |
| Dewey: 720.1 |
| LCCN: 96019406 |
| Series: Sociolinguistics |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 6.86" W x 9.76" (1.69 lbs) 432 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Brought together for the first time - the seminal writing on architecture by key philosophers and cultural theorist 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 architecture 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. As such, Rethinking Architecture provides invaluable core source material for students on a range of courses. |
