Architectural reflections : studies in the philosophy and practice of architecture
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Architectural reflections : studies in the philosophy and practice of architecture
Butterworth Architecture, 1992
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Faculty of Textile Science and Technology Library, Shinshu University図
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is a collection of essays on the subjects of architectural ethics, philosophy and practice. Architecture has always been the subject of great debate and never more so than now. The author explores the original aims and principles of modern architecture in this series of articles. Published in architectural journals the articles are now assembled and published together for the first time in this volume. Professor Colin St. John Wilson, is architect of the new British Library, the major national monument built in the UK during this century.
Table of Contents
- Five essays on the philosophy of architecture
- five studies of individual masters from whom the lessons for renewal can be learnt
- five polemical pieces addressing the issues raised by "post-modernism"
- a case study of a great Victorian project, the Law Courts of Alfred Waterhouse.
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