Architecture as cultural and political discourse : case studies of conceptual norms and aesthetic practices /

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Main Authors: Grinceri, Daniel
Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
Publisher Address: Abingdon :
Publication Dates: 2016.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Routledge research in architecture
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Item Description: Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Western Australia, 2011.
Includes index.
Carrier Form: viii, 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9781138916807 (hardback : alkaline paper) :
1138916803 (hardback : alkaline paper)
Index Number: NA2543
CLC: TU-05
Call Number: TU-05/G866
Contents: Architecture as cultural and political discourse -- Meaning and the death of architecture -- Statements on architecture : meaning and determinism in the Athens Charters -- Aesthetics and politics : the building of Nazi Germany -- The camp and the resort : the exclusion and inclusion associated with 'bare life' -- Spatial contestation and suburban riots -- The architecture of indefinite and mandatory detention -- Architecture and ethics : competition for the Christmas Island Detention Centre.