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Building
Jose Araguez
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Description for Building
Hardback. Reinterprets the building as a form of knowledge. Editor(s): Araguez, Jose. Num Pages: 416 pages, 244 illustrations. BIC Classification: AMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 248 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1186.
For nearly fifty years "the building" has primarily been viewed as a means rather than an end within architectural history and theory. This volume presents an alternative to that trend by reconceiving it as a central discursive category in its own right. Contributors-including architects and academics from world-renowned institutions-offer insightful discussions of key architectural structures conceived in Europe, Asia, and the U.S.A. over the last three decades. In doing so they propel architectural thinking's importance as a domain of knowledge. Further, in exploring those structures through a number of questions both intra- and meta-disciplinary, this book suggests ways in which ... Read more
For nearly fifty years "the building" has primarily been viewed as a means rather than an end within architectural history and theory. This volume presents an alternative to that trend by reconceiving it as a central discursive category in its own right. Contributors-including architects and academics from world-renowned institutions-offer insightful discussions of key architectural structures conceived in Europe, Asia, and the U.S.A. over the last three decades. In doing so they propel architectural thinking's importance as a domain of knowledge. Further, in exploring those structures through a number of questions both intra- and meta-disciplinary, this book suggests ways in which ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Lars Muller Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Baden, Switzerland
ISBN
9783037784983
SKU
V9783037784983
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About Jose Araguez
Jose Araguez is an architect and writer based in New York City. He is Adjunct Professor at Columbia's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, and a PhD candidate in the History and Theory of Architecture at Princeton University.
Reviews for Building
"By closely analyzing these structures, the forty-three contributors are able to consider both the discipline and domains far beyond its reach." -Archinect "Contributors based in Europe and the United States offer incisive explorations of key architectural structures from the 1980s to the present" -El Croquis "In sum, a dense study of the area between ... Read more