Atmospheric Architectures: The Aesthetics of Felt Spaces (Bhme Gernot)(Paperback)

Atmospheric Architectures: The Aesthetics of Felt Spaces (Bhme Gernot)(Paperback)

There is fast-growing awareness of the role atmospheres play in architecture. Of equal interest to contemporary architectural practice as it is to aesthetic theory, this 'atmospheric turn' owes much to the work of the German philosopher Gernot B hme. Atmospheric Architectures: The Aesthetics of

The Aesthetics of Atmospheres (Bhme Gernot)(Paperback)

The Aesthetics of Equity: Notes on Race, Space, Architecture, and Music (Wilkins Craig L.)(Paperback)

Architecture is often thought to be a diary of a society, filled with symbolic representations of specific cultural moments. However, as Craig L. Wilkins observes, that diary includes far too few narratives of the diverse cultures in U.S. society. Wilkins states that the discipline of architecture

The Architecture of Cinematic Spaces: By Interiors (Karaoghlanian Armen)(Paperback)

A highly visual, graphic analysis of film in terms of architecture, cinematic spaces and production design. Architectural floor plan drawings are presented alongside short, critical discussions of key twentieth and twenty-first-century films, which help the reader to evaluate architectural spaces

Sigurd Lewerentz--Pure Aesthetics: St Mark's Church, 1956-1963 (Bjrkquist Karin)(Pevná vazba)

An atmospheric masterpiece of modern religious architecture: Sigurd Lewerentz's Markuskyrkan (St Mark's Church) in Stockholm's Bj rkhagen district. St Mark's Church in Bj rkhagen, one of Stockholm's southern districts, is one of Sigurd Lewerentz's (1885-1975) key designs. But unlike Lewerentz's

The Aesthetics of Architecture (Scruton Roger)(Paperback)

A landmark account of architectural theory and practice from acclaimed philosopher Roger Scruton Architecture is distinguished from other art forms by its sense of function, its localized quality, its technique, its public and nonpersonal character, and its continuity with the decorative arts. In

Architecture and Ugliness: Anti-Aesthetics and the Ugly in Postmodern Architecture (Acker Wouter Van)(Paperback)

Whatever 'ugliness' is, it remains a problematic category in architectural aesthetics - alternately vilified and appropriated, either to shock or to invert conventions of architecture. This book presents eighteen new essays which rethink ugliness in architecture - from brutalism to eclectic

In Praise of Shadows (Tanizaki Junichiro)(Paperback)

An essay on aesthetics by the Japanese novelist, this book explores architecture, jade, food, and even toilets, combining an acute sense of the use of space in buildings. The book also includes descriptions of laquerware under candlelight and women in the darkness of the house of

Space, Politics and Aesthetics (Dike Mustafa)(Paperback)

Focusing on the works of Hannah Arendt, Jean-Luc Nancy, and Jacques Ranci�re, Space, Politics and Aesthetics reveals the aesthetic premises that underlie their political thinking, and demonstrates how their conceptualisations of politics depend on the construction and apprehension of worlds

Thinking Color in Space - Positions, Projects, Potentials (Schultz Kerstin)(Paperback / softback)

The interaction between color and architecture determines our perception of space, and defines the tectonic relationships. The fascinating spatial potential of color, and the multi-layered dimensions of interpretation in the experience of color are design and communication means which, however, are

The Architecture of Closed Worlds: Or, What Is the Power of Shit? (Kallipoliti Lydia)(Paperback)

From Aqualungs to the Eden Project: a history of closed systemsWhat do outer space capsules, submarines and office buildings have in common? Each was conceived as a closed system--a self-sustaining physical environment demarcated from its surroundings by a boundary prohibiting the transfer of

The Politics of Aesthetics (Rancire Jacques)(Paperback)

The Politics of Aesthetics rethinks the relationship between art and politics, reclaiming aesthetics from the narrow confines it is often reduced to. Jacques Ranci re reveals its intrinsic link to politics by analysing what they both have in common: the delimitation of the visible and the

The Language of Architecture (Bouras Charalambos)(Pevná vazba)

Architecture in theory and practice conventionally deals with issues of space. Yet nowadays it covers a vast field of multiple approaches, based on loans from many other disciplines. Simultaneously, the new conditions resulting from globalization have broken the 'national' cultural barrier in

Almost, Not: The Architecture of Atelier Nishikata (Van Duzer Leslie)(Paperback)

Almost, Not: The Architecture of Atelier Nishikata is the story of a remarkable architecture practice in Tokyo. Partners Reiko Nishio and Hirohito Ono have built just four residential works, until now remaining little-known outside of Japan. But the extraordinary, almost-ordinary quality of their

Designing Social Equality: Architecture, Aesthetics, and the Perception of Democracy (Gage Mark Foster)(Paperback)

In Designing Social Equality, Mark Foster Gage proposes a dramatic realignment between aesthetic thought, politics, social equality, and the design of our physical world. By reconsidering historic concepts from aesthetic philosophy and weaving them with emerging intellectual positions from a

Sacred Spaces: Contemporary Religious Architecture (Pallister James)(Pevná vazba)

A ground‐breaking and enlightening exploration of the structures which elevate architecture to spirituality.Sacred Spaces showcases 30 of the most breath‐taking, innovative, iconic and undiscovered examples of contemporary religious architecture, including work by well‐known

Museum Space: Where Architecture Meets Museology (Tzortzi Kali)(Paperback)

Museums are among the iconic buildings of the twenty-first century, as remarkable for their architectural diversity as for the variety of collections they display. But how does the architecture of museums affect our experience as visitors? This book proposes that by seeing space as common ground

The Aesthetics of Environment (Berleant Arnold)(Paperback)

Environmental aesthetics explores the meaning and influence of environmental perception and experience on human life. Arguing for the idea that environment is fully integrated and continuous with us, this book explores the aesthetic dimensions of the human-environment continuum in both theoretical

Landscape Analysis: Investigating the Potentials of Space and Place (Stahlschmidt Per)(Paperback)

A key aspect of town planning, landscape planning and landscape architecture is to identify and then use the distinctive features and characteristics of space, place and landscape to achieve environmental quality. Landscape Analysis provides an introduction to the field both in theory and in

Aesthetics of the Commons (Sollfrank Cornelia)(Paperback)

Guide to the Architecture of London (Jones Edward)(Paperback)

'The definitive guide to London's architecture' INDEPENDENT London has an unrivalled richness of architecture, from its squares and houses to its palaces and churches. This is the only guide to cover all of London's building history, from its Roman foundation to the massive expansion of the 19th

The Art of Network Architecture (White Russ)(Paperback)

The Art of Network Architecture Business-Driven Design The business-centered, business-driven guide to architecting and evolving networks The Art of Network Architecture is the first book that places business needs and capabilities at the center of the process of architecting and evolving networks

Henri Lefebvre on Space: Architecture, Urban Research, and the Production of Theory (Stanek Lukasz)(Paperback)

In this innovative work, Lukasz Stanek frames a uniquely contextual appreciation of Henri Lefebvre's idea that space is a social product. Stanek explicitly confronts both the philosophical and the empirical foundations of Lefebvre's oeuvre, especially his direct involvement in the fields of urban

Aesthetics (Adorno Theodor W.)(Paperback)

This volume of lectures on aesthetics, given by Adorno in the winter semester of 1958-9, formed the foundation for his later Aesthetic Theory, widely regarded as one of his greatest works. The lectures cover a wide range of topics, from an intense analysis of the work of Georg Luk cs to a