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Immaterial Architecture
Jonathan Hill
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Description for Immaterial Architecture
Paperback. Architecture is generally perceived as the solid, physical matter that it unarguably creates, but what of the spaces it creates? This book explores the immaterial aspects of architecture, the pressures on architecture and the architectural profession, and considers concepts that align architecture with the immaterial. Num Pages: 248 pages, 61 black & white halftones, 12 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AF; AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 175 x 14. Weight in Grams: 486.
This fascinating argument from Jonathan Hill presents the case for the significance and importance of the immaterial in architecture. Architecture is generally perceived as the solid, physical matter that it unarguably creates, but what of the spaces it creates? This issue drives Hill's explorative look at the immaterial aspects of architecture. The book discusses the pressures on architecture and the architectural profession to be respectively solid matter and solid practice and considers concepts that align architecture with the immaterial, such as the superiority of ideas over matter, command of drawing and design of spaces and surfaces. Focusing on ... Read more
This fascinating argument from Jonathan Hill presents the case for the significance and importance of the immaterial in architecture. Architecture is generally perceived as the solid, physical matter that it unarguably creates, but what of the spaces it creates? This issue drives Hill's explorative look at the immaterial aspects of architecture. The book discusses the pressures on architecture and the architectural profession to be respectively solid matter and solid practice and considers concepts that align architecture with the immaterial, such as the superiority of ideas over matter, command of drawing and design of spaces and surfaces. Focusing on ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415363242
SKU
V9780415363242
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About Jonathan Hill
Jonathan Hill is Professor of Architecture and Visual Theory and Director of the MPhil/PhD by Architectural Design programme at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. He is the author of The Illegal Architect (1998) and Actions of Architecture (2003) and editor of Occupying Architecture (1998) and Architecture—the Subject is Matter (2001) among others. Galleries where he has had ... Read more
Reviews for Immaterial Architecture
'This culturally well-rounded book is organised around two main chapters and an illustrated dictionary ... Far more encouraging of creativity than many a "beginner's guide", and more immediately applicable to studio practice than the raw ingredients found in anthologies of architectural theory. As such it deserves a place at the table of students and practitioners alike.' – Tim Martin, Architecture ... Read more