Provocative views on why architecture matters offer vital information for developing a richer architecture.
Recenzijos
"The Chora series has become one of the primary, internationally recognized expressions of Canadian academic excellence in the history and philosophy of architecture. This volume contributes illuminating interpretations and new connections to current architectural discourse with fresh and imaginative voices." Dr Dagmar Motycka Weston, School of Arts, Culture and Environment , University of Edinburgh
Daugiau informacijos
Provocative views on why architecture matters offer vital information for developing a richer architecture
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Fugitives in Sight: Section and Horizon in Andreas Vesalius's De Humani Corporis Fabrica |
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Roads and a Mountain, a Lake, and a Runway: Interpreting Infrastructure at Mae Hong Son, Thailand |
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21 | (30) |
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Erudite Laughter: The Persiflage of Viel de Saint-Maux |
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51 | (30) |
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The Hybrid: Labrouste's Paestum |
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81 | (46) |
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Landscapes of Memory: Philosophical and Experiential Parcours at the Musee des monumens francais |
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127 | (24) |
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Looking around the Edge of the World: Contending with the Continuist Principle and the Plenarist Passion |
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151 | (28) |
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Horizons at the Drafting Table: Filarete and Steinberg |
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179 | (22) |
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Opening the Eye: ``Seeing'' as ``Knowing'' in Vastusastra (Indian Architectural Theory) According to the Treatise Manasara |
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201 | (26) |
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Projecting Utopia: The Refortification of Nicosia, 1567-70 |
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227 | (32) |
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Vitruvius and the French Landscape of Ruins: On Jean Gardet and Dominique Bertin's 1559 Annotations of De Architectural |
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259 | (26) |
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Ruskin and Viollet-le-Duc: Figures of Ruin and Restoration |
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285 | (24) |
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The Enigma of Pyramids: Measuring Salvation in Renaissance Rome |
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309 | (30) |
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| About the Authors |
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Alberto Perez-Gomez is the author of Built Upon Love: Architectural Longing after Ethics and Aesthetics, co-editor of the Chora series, and Saidye Rosner Bronfman Professor and director, post-professional graduate program, architecture, McGill University.
