| Architecture as Experience: Radical Change in Spatial Practice Contributor(s): Arnold, Dana (Editor), Ballantyne, Andrew (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415301580 ISBN-13: 9780415301589 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2004 Annotation: This book investigates the perception and appropriation of places across intervals of time and culture. The particular concern of the volume is to bring together fresh empirical research and animate it by contact with theoretical sophistication, without letting that overwhelm the material. The chapters establish the continuity of a particular physical object under discussion and show it in at least two different historical perspectives, in which recognizable features are shown in different lights. The results are often surprising, because we tend to have an idea of a historic place as having an enduring meaning, so it can be rewarding to learn about earlier constructions of meaning that involve the same building. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | History - General - Architecture | Reference - Architecture | Study & Teaching |
| Dewey: 720.1 |
| LCCN: 2003017309 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.12" W x 9.44" (1.43 lbs) 312 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Architecture as Experience investigates the perception and appropriation of places across intervals of time and culture. The particular concern of the volume is to bring together fresh empirical research and animate it through contact with theoretical sophistication, without overwhelming the material. The chapters establish the continuity of a particular physical object and show it in at least two alternative historical perspectives, in which recognisable features are shown in different lights. The results are often surprising, inverting the common idea of a historic place as having an enduring meaning. This book shows the insight that can be gained from learning about earlier constructions of meaning which have been derived from the same buildings that stand before us today. |