The ethical function of architecture /
Harries, Karsten,
The ethical function of architecture / Karsten Harries. - xiii, 403 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 368-394) and index.
List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: Postmodern Prelude -- The Aesthetic Approach -- The Problem of Decoration -- The Promise of Ornament -- The Decorated Shed -- The Language Problem -- Representation and Symbol -- Representation and Re-Presentation -- Tales of the Origin of Building -- Building and Dwelling -- Space and Place -- The Voices of Space -- Learning from Two Invisible Houses -- Building, Dwelling, and Time -- The Terror of Time and the Love of Geometry -- Mold and Ruins -- Death, Love, and Building -- Architecture and Building -- The Publicness of Architecture -- Grave and Monument -- The Representation of Life -- Dreams of Utopia -- Lessons of the Labyrinth -- Conclusion: The Shape of Modernity and the Future of Architecture -- Notes -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24.
0262082527 9780262082525
96008639
Architecture--Philosophy
Architecture--Moral and ethical aspects
NA2500. / H375 1997
720.1
The ethical function of architecture / Karsten Harries. - xiii, 403 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 368-394) and index.
List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: Postmodern Prelude -- The Aesthetic Approach -- The Problem of Decoration -- The Promise of Ornament -- The Decorated Shed -- The Language Problem -- Representation and Symbol -- Representation and Re-Presentation -- Tales of the Origin of Building -- Building and Dwelling -- Space and Place -- The Voices of Space -- Learning from Two Invisible Houses -- Building, Dwelling, and Time -- The Terror of Time and the Love of Geometry -- Mold and Ruins -- Death, Love, and Building -- Architecture and Building -- The Publicness of Architecture -- Grave and Monument -- The Representation of Life -- Dreams of Utopia -- Lessons of the Labyrinth -- Conclusion: The Shape of Modernity and the Future of Architecture -- Notes -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24.
0262082527 9780262082525
96008639
Architecture--Philosophy
Architecture--Moral and ethical aspects
NA2500. / H375 1997
720.1