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Allure of the incomplete, imperfect and impermanent : designing and appreciating architecture as nature

Handa, Rumiko

Allure of the incomplete, imperfect and impermanent : designing and appreciating architecture as nature - London Routledge 2015 - xiii,223p.

CONTENTS
Figures ix
Acknowledgements xii
Introduction 1
Part 1: Problematic Notion of Complete, Perfect, and Permanent Architecture 17
1. Mutability of Architecture 19
2. Authorial Authority 53
3. Alienation from the Everyday 69
Part 2: Allure of the Incomplete, Imperfect, and Impermanent 93
4. The Incomplete - Synecdoche 95
5. The Impermanent - Palimpsest 121
6. The Imperfect - Wabi 153
Part 3: Articulating the Properties of Engagement 169
7. Appreciating Architecture as Nature 171
8. Representing Incomplete, Imperfect, and Impermanent Architecture 180
Conclusion 204
Bibliography 207
Index 219

ISBN: 9780415741491

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Dewey Class. No.: 720.1 / HAN

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