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Iain Borden - Forty Ways to Think About Architecture: Architectural History and Theory Today - 9781118822616 - V9781118822616
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Forty Ways to Think About Architecture: Architectural History and Theory Today

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Description for Forty Ways to Think About Architecture: Architectural History and Theory Today Paperback. How do we think about architecture historically and theoretically? This book provides an introduction to some of the wide-ranging ways in which architectural history and theory are being approached today. It takes in a total of 40 essays covering key subjects, ranging from memory and heritage to everyday life, building materials and city spaces. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 201 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 558.
How do we think about architecture historically and theoretically? Forty Ways to Think about Architecture provides an introduction to some of the wide-ranging ways in which architectural history and theory are being approached today. The inspiration for this project is the work of Adrian Forty, Professor of Architectural History at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London (UCL), who has been internationally renowned as the UK s leading academic in the discipline for 40 years. Forty s many publications, notably Objects of Desire (1986), Words and Buildings (2000) and Concrete and Culture (2012), have been crucial to opening up new approaches to architectural history and theory and have helped to establish entirely new areas of study. His teaching at The Bartlett has enthused a new generation about the exciting possibilities of architectural history and theory as a field. This collection takes in a total of 40 essays covering key subjects, ranging from memory and heritage to everyday life, building materials and city spaces. As well as critical theory, philosophy, literature and experimental design, it refers to more immediate and topical issues in the built environment, such as globalisation, localism, regeneration and ecologies. Concise and engaging entries reflect on architecture from a range of perspectives. Contributors include eminent historians and theorists from elsewhere such as Jean-Louis Cohen, Briony Fer, Hilde Heynen, Mary McLeod, Griselda Pollock, Penny Sparke and Anthony Vidler as well as Forty s colleagues from the Bartlett School of Architecture including Iain Borden, Murray Fraser, Peter Hall, Barbara Penner, Jane Rendell and Andrew Saint. Forty Ways to Think about Architecture also features contributions from distinguished architects, such as Tony Fretton, Jeremy Till and Sarah Wigglesworth, and well-known critics and architectural writers, such as Tom Dyckhoff, William Menking and Thomas Weaver. Many of the contributors are former students of Adrian Forty. Through these diverse essays, readers are encouraged to think about how architectural history and theory relates to their own research and design practices, thus using the work of Adrian Forty as a catalyst for fresh and innovative thinking about architecture as a subject.

Product Details

Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781118822616
SKU
V9781118822616
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Iain Borden
Iain Borden is Professor of Architecture and Urban Culture at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, where he is also Director of Architectural History & Theory and the Vice-Dean of Communications for the wider Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment. Murray Fraser is Professor of Architecture and Global Culture at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, where he acts as the Vice-Dean of Research for the Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment. Barbara Penner is Senior Lecturer in Architectural History at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, where she is Programme Director for both the PhD Architectural History & Theory and BSc Architectural and Interdisciplinary Studies.

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