Words and Buildings: A Vocabulary of Modern Architecture

Adrian Forty

ISBN 10: 0500284709 / ISBN 13: 9780500284704

Edité par Thames & Hudson, 2004

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• Titre: Words and Buildings: A Vocabulary of Modern Architecture
• Éditeur: Thames & Hudson
• Date de parution: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0500284709
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780500284704
• Reliure: Paperback
• État de l'article: Like New
• Type de livre: book

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Synopsis

Available again, a wholly original study of the complex relationship between architecture and language that has changed and enriched the way we think and talk about architecture.The words we use when we talk and write about architecture describe more than just bricks and mortar they direct the ways we think of and live with buildings. This groundbreaking book is the first thorough examination of the complex relationship between architecture and language as intricate social practices. Six rigorously argued chapters investigate the language of modernism, language and drawing, masculine and feminine architecture, language metaphors, science in architecture, and the social properties of architecture. There follows a vocabulary of key words such as Character, Form, History and Space, locating each words modern meaning within an historical and theoretical framework, and setting out clearly its development and relevance for architects, historians, philosophers, critics and the users of the buildings themselves. Architects should be made to read Words and Buildings Architecture Today Unusually clear and accessible Students of all kinds will love this book The Architectural Review A forceful, clear and sophisticated exposition of the role of conceptual thought in architectural discourse The Architects Journal

À propos de l?auteur

Adrian Forty is a Professor of Architectural History at The Bartlett, the Faculty of the Built Environment at University College London, now retired. He is also the former Programme Director of the masters programme in Architectural History. In 2003, he was awarded the Sir Misha Black Award for Innovation in Design Education. Forty is the author of many highly regarded books on architecture and design, including Objects of Desire and Words and Buildings, both published by Thames & Hudson.