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Polemics and reflections on how to bridge the gap between what architecture actually is and what architects want it to be.
Author
Jeremy Till
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232
eISBN
9780262257565
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Reading the Late Avant-GardeTheorizes an architectural ethos of extreme self-reflection and finality from a Lacanian perspective.
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K. Michael Hays
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192
eISBN
9780262259699
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Architectural Longing after Ethics and AestheticsA vision of architecture that transcends concerns of form and function and finds the connections between the architect's wish to design a beautiful world and architecture's imperative to provide a better place for society.
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Alberto Pérez-Gómez
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259
eISBN
9780262253178
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The Making of a High-Performance BuildingTells the story of the building of the Adam Joseph Lewis Center at Oberlin College in the context of ecological design, institutional learning, and the green campus movement.
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David W. Orr
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292
eISBN
9780262253093
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Achieving Livable Communities, Environmental Justice, and Regional EquityExperts from academia, government, and nonprofit organizations offer an environmental justice perspective on Smart Growth, discussing equitable solutions to suburban sprawl and urban decay.
Author
Robert D. Bullard, Carl Anthony
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Pages
427
eISBN
9780262254755
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Inventing Architectural ModernismHow the different narratives of four historians of architectural modernism—Emil Kaufmann, Colin Rowe, Reyner Banham, and Manfredo Tafuri—advanced specific versions of modernism.
Author
Anthony Vidler, Peter Eisenman
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Pages
239
eISBN
9780262254373
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Revealing the secret sources of Le Corbusier's architecture—concealed by the architect and undiscovered by scholars until now.
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J. K. Birksted
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416
eISBN
9780262257442
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Nature and Community in the Global CityDescribes how water politics, cars and freeways, and immigration and globalization have shaped Los Angeles, and how innovative social movements are working to make a more livable and sustainable city.
Author
Robert Gottlieb
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Pages
464
eISBN
9780262251969
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Rethinking Urban RiversExamines efforts in Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Chicago, Salt Lake City, San Jose, and other cities to reclaim postindustrial urban riverside land for use as open space, parks and housing.
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Paul Stanton Kibel
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Pages
232
eISBN
9780262252539
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Experiencing Aural ArchitectureHow we experience space by listening: the concepts of aural architecture, with examples ranging from Gothic cathedrals to surround sound home theater.
Author
Barry Blesser, Linda-Ruth Salter
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Pages
436
eISBN
9780262254748
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