Cultural role of architecture :
Cultural role of architecture : contemporary and historical perspectives /
edited by Paul Emmons, John Hendrix and Jane Lomholt
- Oxon : Routledge, 2012.
- xxviii, 228 p.
Part 1: Architecture as Agent of Recovery, a Testimony to Values Introduction / Jane Lomholt-- 1. Greek Theatre as an Embodiment of Cultural Meaning / Dagmar Weston-- 2. The Restoration of the Hut of Romulus / Chris Siwicki-- 3. Il Corridoio Vasariano: A Resplendent Passage to Medici and Vasari's Grandeur / Liana Cheney-- 4. Language Beyond Metaphor: The Structural Symbolism of Borromini's Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza / No Badillo-- 5. Villa Albani, Repository of Multiple Narratives / Jane Lomholt-- 6. The Space of Fiction: On the Cultural Relevance of Architecture / Louise Pelletier-- 7. Using Old Stuff and Thinking in a New Way: Material Culture, Conservation and Fashion in Architecture / Cristina Gonzlez-Long-- Part 2: Architecture as Substance and Sustenance: Cultural Desires and Needs Introduction / Paul Emmons-- 8. De Beata Architectura, Places for Thinking / Marco Frascari-- 9. Sverre Fehn: Materials and Culture / Chris Hay-- 10. A Persuasive Topology: Alvar Aalto and the Ambience of History / Harry Charrington-- 11. Freiraum: Ideas of Freedom and Nature in the Work of Mies van der Rohe / Jan Frohburg-- 12. Architectural Poetics in Alvaro Siza's Church of Santa Maria / Alexandra Stara-- 13. "The Play of Plans: Le Corbusier's Serious Game of Dominos / Paul Emmons-- 14. Something out of the "Ordinary" / Gerald Adler-- Part 3: A Time of Aspirations: Cultural Understanding of the Roles of Architecture-- 15. The Relevance of Beauty in Architecture / Alberto Prez-Gmez-- 16. Architectural Creation Between `Culture' and `Civilization' / Nikolaos-Ion Terzoglou-- 17. Architectural Identity Demystified: Visual Voices from the Arab World / Ashraf Salama-- 18. The Fiction of the Digital in the Mediated City / Jason Crow-- 19. The Memory of Ruins and the Ruins of Memory / Mark Cannata-- 20. The Conceptual Bearings of the Intercultural Role of Architecture / Nader El-Bizri-- 21. Architecture as the Psyche of a Culture / John Hendrix-- Epilogue: The Necessity of Architecture / John Hendrix
9780415783415
Architecture and society
Architecture --Human factors
720.103 / CUL
Part 1: Architecture as Agent of Recovery, a Testimony to Values Introduction / Jane Lomholt-- 1. Greek Theatre as an Embodiment of Cultural Meaning / Dagmar Weston-- 2. The Restoration of the Hut of Romulus / Chris Siwicki-- 3. Il Corridoio Vasariano: A Resplendent Passage to Medici and Vasari's Grandeur / Liana Cheney-- 4. Language Beyond Metaphor: The Structural Symbolism of Borromini's Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza / No Badillo-- 5. Villa Albani, Repository of Multiple Narratives / Jane Lomholt-- 6. The Space of Fiction: On the Cultural Relevance of Architecture / Louise Pelletier-- 7. Using Old Stuff and Thinking in a New Way: Material Culture, Conservation and Fashion in Architecture / Cristina Gonzlez-Long-- Part 2: Architecture as Substance and Sustenance: Cultural Desires and Needs Introduction / Paul Emmons-- 8. De Beata Architectura, Places for Thinking / Marco Frascari-- 9. Sverre Fehn: Materials and Culture / Chris Hay-- 10. A Persuasive Topology: Alvar Aalto and the Ambience of History / Harry Charrington-- 11. Freiraum: Ideas of Freedom and Nature in the Work of Mies van der Rohe / Jan Frohburg-- 12. Architectural Poetics in Alvaro Siza's Church of Santa Maria / Alexandra Stara-- 13. "The Play of Plans: Le Corbusier's Serious Game of Dominos / Paul Emmons-- 14. Something out of the "Ordinary" / Gerald Adler-- Part 3: A Time of Aspirations: Cultural Understanding of the Roles of Architecture-- 15. The Relevance of Beauty in Architecture / Alberto Prez-Gmez-- 16. Architectural Creation Between `Culture' and `Civilization' / Nikolaos-Ion Terzoglou-- 17. Architectural Identity Demystified: Visual Voices from the Arab World / Ashraf Salama-- 18. The Fiction of the Digital in the Mediated City / Jason Crow-- 19. The Memory of Ruins and the Ruins of Memory / Mark Cannata-- 20. The Conceptual Bearings of the Intercultural Role of Architecture / Nader El-Bizri-- 21. Architecture as the Psyche of a Culture / John Hendrix-- Epilogue: The Necessity of Architecture / John Hendrix
9780415783415
Architecture and society
Architecture --Human factors
720.103 / CUL