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Architecture as cultural and political discourse : case studies of conceptual norms and aesthetic practices / Daniel Grinceri.

Publication | Digitized | Library Call Number: NA2543.S6 G73 2016

Overview

Series: Routledge research in architecture
Routledge research in architecture.
Format: Book
Author/Creator: Grinceri, Daniel, author.
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016
Contents: Architecture as cultural and political discourse
Meaning and the death of architecture
Statements on architecture : meaning and determinism in the Athens Charters
Aesthetics and politics : the building of Nazi Germany
The camp and the resort : the exclusion and inclusion associated with 'bare life'
Spatial contestation and suburban riots
The architecture of indefinite and mandatory detention
Architecture and ethics : competition for the Christmas Island Detention Centre.
Notes: Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Western Australia, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Architecture as cultural and political discourse -- Meaning and the death of architecture -- Statements on architecture : meaning and determinism in the Athens Charters -- Aesthetics and politics : the building of Nazi Germany -- The camp and the resort : the exclusion and inclusion associated with 'bare life' -- Spatial contestation and suburban riots -- The architecture of indefinite and mandatory detention -- Architecture and ethics : competition for the Christmas Island Detention Centre.

Physical Details

Language: English
External Link: Electronic version(s) available. Hosted by ProQuest
ISBN: 9781138916807
1138916803
Additional Form: Electronic version(s) available internally at USHMM
Physical Description: viii, 212 pages ; 24 cm.

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects: Architecture and society--Case studies. Architecture--Political aspects--Case studies. Identity (Psychology) in architecture--Case studies. Architecture--Human factors--Case studies. Architecture--Human factors. Architecture and society. Architecture--Political aspects. Identity (Psychology) in architecture. Case studies.

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