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Architectural reflections : studies in the philosophy and practice of architecture /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wilson, Colin St. John. (Author)
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Published: Butterworth Architecture,
Publisher Address: Oxford ; Boston :
Publication Dates: 1992.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Architecture > Philosophy.
Architectural practice.
Bouwkunst.
Architectuurtheoriee n.
ARCHITECTURE / Adaptive Reuse & Renovation
ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Landmarks & Monuments
ARCHITECTURE / Professional Practice
ARCHITECTURE / Reference.
Architecture > Philosophy.
Electronic books.
Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780750612838
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xvi, 240 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781483142173
1483142175
Index Number: NA2500
CLC: TU-021
Contents: Pt. I. Five themes. 1. The natural imagination. 2. The ethics of architecture. 3. The play of use and the use of play. 4. The historical sense. 5. Architecture and the figurative arts -- Pt. II. Five case studies. 6. Alvar Aalto and the state of Modernism. 7. Hans Scharoun. 8. Sigurd Lewerentz. 9. Gunnar Asplund and the dilemma of Classicism. 10. Gerrit Rietveld: In memoriam -- Pt. III. Polemic 1960-91. 11. Open and closed. 12. Two letters on the state of architecture: 1964 and 1981. 13. Speer and the fear of freedom. 14. Sacred games. 15. England builds -- Pt. IV. History: the case study of a Grand Project. 16. The Law Courts Project: by Alfred Waterhouse.

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