TY - GEN AU - Handa, Rumiko TI - Allure of the incomplete, imperfect and impermanent : designing and appreciating architecture as nature SN - 9780415741491 U1 - 720.1 PY - 2015/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - N1 - 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 ER -