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Words and Buildings: A Vocabulary of Modern Architecture
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Adrian Forty
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Articulating architecture's language and modern essence.
If you're intrigued by the intersection of language and architecture, "Words and Buildings" is a fitting read. Adrian Forty delves into the terminology of modern architecture, offering clarity on how architects convey ideas and emotions through their designs. For anyone with a passion for the built environment and the way we describe and interpret it, this book is a treasury of insights.
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ISBN: 9780500341728
Authors:
Adrian Forty
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Date of Publication: 2000-03-01
Format: Hardcover
Goodreads rating: 4.34
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The words we use when we talk and write about architecture describe more than just bricks and mortar--they indicate the ways we think of and live with buildings. This original and thoughtful study provides the first thorough examination of the relationship between architecture and language as complex social practices. The first section of the book consists of six rigorously argued essays that investigate the language of modernism, language and drawing, "masculine and feminine" architecture, language metaphors, science in architecture, and the social properties of architecture. The second part provides a vocabulary of key words, providing rich analyses of critical terms such as Character, Form, History, and Space. Each investigation locates a word's modern meaning within a framework of historical enquiry and theoretical discussion, setting out clearly the term's invention and treatment by architects, historians, philosophers, critics, and the people who actually use buildings. This wholly original study changes and enriches the way we think and talk about architecture, and will prove indispensable to anyone concerned with architecture and culture in the modern era.
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Articulating architecture's language and modern essence.
If you're intrigued by the intersection of language and architecture, "Words and Buildings" is a fitting read. Adrian Forty delves into the terminology of modern architecture, offering clarity on how architects convey ideas and emotions through their designs. For anyone with a passion for the built environment and the way we describe and interpret it, this book is a treasury of insights.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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