Buildings: between living time and rocky space

A building's only complete description is itself. Writing often intensifies the cloud that obscures buildings rather than dissipates it. So why do it? Two generations ago, architects had a real job to do, rebuilding cities shattered by war. It turned out to be more difficult than it looked. Now...

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1. Verfasser: Shepheard, Paul (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London Circa Press Limited 2016
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Zusammenfassung:A building's only complete description is itself. Writing often intensifies the cloud that obscures buildings rather than dissipates it. So why do it? Two generations ago, architects had a real job to do, rebuilding cities shattered by war. It turned out to be more difficult than it looked. Now the grandchildren of those utopians have a different role, which is to rescue a world that is being turned by the media, the money men and the machines into a replica of itself. In this book Paul Shepheard takes a sideways look at this elusive task and finds himself writing an ode to buildings, which asks: What are they? When do they happen? And how are they used?
Beschreibung:Includes index
Beschreibung:179 Seiten Illustrationena 21 cm
ISBN:9780993072192