Architecture

The Subject is Matter

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Architecture
Cover of the book Architecture by , Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9781136364600
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: April 4, 2014
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781136364600
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: April 4, 2014
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

The aim of this book is to expand the subject and matter of architecture, and to explore their interdependence. There are now many architectures. This book acknowledges architecture far beyond the familiar boundaries of the discipline and reassesses the object at its centre: the building. Architectural matter is not always physical or building fabric. It is whatever architecture is made of, whether words, bricks, blood cells, sounds or pixels. The fifteen chapters are divided into three sections - on buildings, spaces and bodies - which each deal with a particular understanding of architecture and architectural matter.
The richness and diversity of subjects and materials discussed in this book locates architecture firmly in the world as a whole, not just the domain of architects. In stating that architecture is far more than the work of architects, this book aims not to deny the importance of architects in the production of architecture but to see their role in more balanced terms and to acknowledge other architectural producers. Architecture can, for example, be found in the incisions of a surgeon, the instructions of a choreographer or the movements of a user. Architecture can be made of anything and by anyone.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The aim of this book is to expand the subject and matter of architecture, and to explore their interdependence. There are now many architectures. This book acknowledges architecture far beyond the familiar boundaries of the discipline and reassesses the object at its centre: the building. Architectural matter is not always physical or building fabric. It is whatever architecture is made of, whether words, bricks, blood cells, sounds or pixels. The fifteen chapters are divided into three sections - on buildings, spaces and bodies - which each deal with a particular understanding of architecture and architectural matter.
The richness and diversity of subjects and materials discussed in this book locates architecture firmly in the world as a whole, not just the domain of architects. In stating that architecture is far more than the work of architects, this book aims not to deny the importance of architects in the production of architecture but to see their role in more balanced terms and to acknowledge other architectural producers. Architecture can, for example, be found in the incisions of a surgeon, the instructions of a choreographer or the movements of a user. Architecture can be made of anything and by anyone.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book Stalin's British Victims by
Cover of the book Science as Salvation by
Cover of the book Music in Epic Film by
Cover of the book Baroque Music by
Cover of the book Attachment Theory by
Cover of the book Voices from American Prisons by
Cover of the book Women Writing and Writing about Women by
Cover of the book Technological Capabilities and Export Success in Asia by
Cover of the book Contentious Identities by
Cover of the book Ethnicity and Territory in the Former Soviet Union by
Cover of the book Social Movement Organizations by
Cover of the book Public Policy Making Reexamined by
Cover of the book Urbanisation, Housing and the Development Process by
Cover of the book Financial Services Marketing by
Cover of the book Elizabeth I and Foreign Policy, 1558-1603 by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy