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

By: Publication details: London Routledge 2015Description: xiii,223pISBN:
  • 9780415741491
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DDC classification:
  • 720.1 HAN
Contents:
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
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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


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