Exploring the ambiguities of how we define the word culture in our global society, this book identifies its imprint on architectural ideas. It examines the historical role of the cultural in architectural production and expression, looking at meaning and communication, tracing the formations of cultural identities.
Chapters written by international academics in history, theory and philosophy of architecture, examine how different modes of representation throughout history have drawn profound meanings from cultural practices and beliefs. These are as diverse as the designs they inspire and include religious, mythic, poetic, political, and philosophical references.
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| Preface |
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| Notes on contributors |
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| Acknowledgements |
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| Prologue: Cultivating Architecture |
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Part One Architecture as Agent of Recovery: A Testimony to Values |
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1 Greek Theatre as an Embodiment of Cultural Meaning |
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2 The Restoration of the Hut of Romulus |
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3 II Corridoio Vasariano: A Resplendent Passage to Medici and Vasari's Grandeur |
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4 Language Beyond Metaphor: The Structural Symbolism of Borromini's Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza |
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5 Villa Albani: Repository of Multiple Narratives |
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6 The Space of Fiction: On the Cultural Relevance of Architecture |
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7 Using Old Stuff and Thinking in a New Way: Material Culture, Conservation and Fashion in Architecture |
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Part Two Architecture as Substance and Sustenance: Cultural Desires and Needs |
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8 De Beata Architectura: Places for Thinking |
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9 Sverre Fehn: Materials and Culture |
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10 A Persuasive Topology: Alvar Aalto and the Ambience of History |
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11 Freiraum: Ideas of Nature and Freedom in the Work of Mies van der Rohe |
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12 Architectural Poetics in Alvaro Siza's Church of Santa Maria |
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13 The Play of Plans: Le Corbusier's Serious Game of Dominoes |
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132 | (9) |
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14 Something out of the "Ordinary" |
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Part Three A Time of Aspirations: Cultural Understanding of the Roles of Architecture |
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15 The Relevance of Beauty in Architecture |
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16 Architectural Creation Between "Culture" and "Civilization" |
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17 Architectural Identity Demystified: Visual Voices from the Arab World |
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18 The Fiction of the Digital in the Mediated City |
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19 The Memory of Ruins and the Ruins of Memory |
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193 | (6) |
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20 The Conceptual Bearings of the Intercultural Role of Architecture |
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199 | (9) |
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21 Architecture as the Psyche of a Culture |
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| Epilogue: The Necessity of Architecture |
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Paul Emmons is a registered architect and Associate Professor at the Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center of Virginia Tech, USA where he directs the PhD program in Architecture and Design.
John Hendrix is Professor of Architectural History at the University of Lincoln, UK and Adjunct Professor at Roger Williams University and at Rhode Island School of Design, USA.
Jane Lomholt is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture at the University of Lincoln, UK, where she is head of History and Theory.
