Architectural reflections : studies in the philosophy and practice of architecture /
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Butterworth Architecture,
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Publisher Address: | Oxford ; Boston : |
Publication Dates: | 1992. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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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. |