To commemorate the life and work of Dennis Sharp (19332010), Sharp Words collates together a variety of essays that touch upon each of his architectural fascinations among them, glass architecture, picture palaces, masters of concrete and English modernism.Punctuating these texts are a number of editorials from his days as editor of AAQ, which graphically as much as intellectually offer emblems of his time at the AA.
Introduction: Pluralism in a Singular Life
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Connell, Ward and Lucas: Men From Mars?
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Space, Light and Form
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Theatre Spaces and Performances
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Kisho Kurokawa: 1934-2007
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Paul Scheerbart's Glass World
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Another One Bites the Dust: The Greenside Case
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Mackintosh and Muthesius
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Dennis Sharp Interviews Bruce Goff
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The Aesthetics of Expressionist Architecture
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Bruno Zevi: 1918-2000
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Design Considerations in British Cinemas During the Thirties
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Culture, Form and the Architect: Two Experiments in Community Living
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AAQ: Comments and Cover Gallery
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Utopian Ideals and the Complexity of the Modern City
