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  • AA Files 80 by Sh?h?razade Giudici, Maria
    Maria Sh?h?razade Giudici

    AA Files 80

    AA Files is the Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture's journal of record, currently edited by Maria Sh?h?razade Giudici. This issue features eleven contributions that put forward different approaches to architectural research, examining issues from land speculation and class construction to future forms of...
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  • Site 31-32: Remake Remodel by Lyd?n, Karl
    Karl Lyd?n

    Site 31-32: Remake Remodel

    Contents "French Philosophy Since 1945", Fredrika Spindler "Utopian Thinking in Past and Contemporary Times," Sinziana Ravini "Universal Modernism, Swedish Art Heroine," Charlotte Bydler "'Pastoral Power' and the Techniques for Controlling the Poor and Unemployed," Maurizio Lazzarato "Inventing a Silence," Alexandre Costanzo "The Ground Zero...
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  • Analogical Thinking in Architecture: Connecting Design and Theory in the Built Environment by Chupin, Jean-Pierre
    Jean-Pierre Chupin

    Analogical Thinking in Architecture: Connecting Design and Theory in the Built Environment

    This book provides an in-depth exploration of the rich and persistent use of analogical thinking in the built environment. Since the turn of the 21st century, "design thinking" has permeated many fields outside of the design disciplines. It is expected to succeed whenever disciplinary...
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  • From Bauhaus to Our House by Wolfe, Tom
    Tom Wolfe

    From Bauhaus to Our House

    "After 1945 our plutocrats, bureaucrats, board chairmen, CEOs, commissioners, and college presidents undergo an inexplicable change. They become diffident and reticent. All at once they are willingto accept that glass of ice water in the face, that bracing slap across the mouth, that reprimand...
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  • Sir Banister Fletcher's Global History of Architecture by Fraser, Murray
    Murray Fraser

    Sir Banister Fletcher's Global History of Architecture

    Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture is the acknowledged classic work of architectural history reference. Since the first edition was published in 1896, it has been declared the 'Book of the Century' by the American Institute of Architects and it has become essential...
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  • The Architect's Mind: Evolution, algorithms and creativity by Obon, David
    David Obon

    The Architect's Mind: Evolution, algorithms and creativity

    A brief (evolutionary) history of how we became prodigious builders.'A powerful explanation and a deep understanding of design'- Michael Batty, CASA, University College London This book contains one of the most fascinating stories ever told: how and why our species became a lineage of...
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  • The American Vignola, Part 1: The Five Orders (1904) by Ware, William Robert
    William Robert Ware

    The American Vignola, Part 1: The Five Orders (1904)

    The American Vignola, Part 1: The Five Orders is a book written by William Robert Ware and first published in 1904. The book is a comprehensive guide to the classical architecture of ancient Greece and Rome, focusing specifically on the five orders of architecture:...
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  • The Design Philosophy Reader by Willis, Anne-Marie
    Anne-Marie Willis

    The Design Philosophy Reader

    What is design philosophy and why is it needed? This important book explains the discipline's recent emergence, the key questions which dominate it, and its potential to fundamentally change the way we practice and think about design. The reader comprises eight thematic sections, each...
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  • The Colonial Architecture Of Salem by Cousins, Frank
    Frank Cousins

    The Colonial Architecture Of Salem

    The Colonial Architecture of Salem is a comprehensive book written by Frank Cousins that explores the rich history of the colonial architecture in Salem, Massachusetts. The book is divided into several chapters, each of which focuses on a different aspect of the city's architecture....
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  • Tschumi on Architecture: Conversations with Enrique Walker by Tschumi, Bernard
    Bernard Tschumi

    Tschumi on Architecture: Conversations with Enrique Walker

    Architect and educator Bernard Tschumi is one of the most influential figures in architectural theory and practice. This fascinating volume presents, in a sequence of ten "conversations," his autobiography in architecture, from his conceptual proposals of the early 1970s through his major current buildings...
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  • Major: Rmit Architecture Graduating Projects 2019-2022 by Mitsogianni, Vivian
    Vivian Mitsogianni

    Major: Rmit Architecture Graduating Projects 2019-2022

    RMIT Architecture is interested in ideas-led venturous design exploration that aspires to contribute to the future of our discipline and an increasingly complex world. This publication contains a selection of RMIT Master of Architecture independent graduating projects from seven semesters between 2019 and 2022....
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  • Building After Auschwitz: Jewish Architecture and the Memory of the Holocaust by Rosenfeld, Gavriel D.
    Gavriel D. Rosenfeld

    Building After Auschwitz: Jewish Architecture and the Memory of the Holocaust

    The first major study to examine the rise to prominence of Jewish architects since 1945 and the connection of their work to the legacy of the Holocaust Since the end of World War II, Jewish architects have risen to unprecedented international prominence. Whether as...
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  • Second-Order Preservation: Social Justice and Climate Action Through Heritage Policy by Avrami, Erica
    Erica Avrami

    Second-Order Preservation: Social Justice and Climate Action Through Heritage Policy

    An urgent appeal to rethink the heritage enterprise A critical reassessment of historic preservation policies in the United States, Second-Order Preservation brings needed attention to the hierarchical underpinnings and effects of established preservation frameworks. Questioning the criteria by which value is ascribed to historic...
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  • Greatness: Diverse Designers of Architecture by Sablan, Pascale
    Pascale Sablan

    Greatness: Diverse Designers of Architecture

    GREATNESS: Diverse Designers of Architecture is a compelling exploration of the contributions of diverse architects to the field of architecture. This book delves into the essence of various architectural typologies, including residential, institutional, and master planning, through the lens of designers from varied backgrounds....
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  • Architecture and Identity: Responses to Cultural and Technological Change by Abel, Chris
    Chris Abel

    Architecture and Identity: Responses to Cultural and Technological Change

    Expanding his collected essays on architectural theory and criticism, Chris Abel pursues his explorations across disciplinary and regional boundaries in search of a deeper understanding of architecture in the evolution of human culture and identity formation. From his earliest writings predicting the computer-based revolution...
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  • Architecture as Communication: A Medium Like No Other by Eaman, Ross A.
    Ross A. Eaman

    Architecture as Communication: A Medium Like No Other

    Author: Ross A. EamanISBN-10: 0228024250ISBN-13: 9780228024255Publisher: McGill-Queen's University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/15/2025Pages: 216Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbs
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  • Building Berlin, Vol. 13: The Latest Architecture in and Out of the Capital by Berlin, Architektenkammer
    Architektenkammer Berlin

    Building Berlin, Vol. 13: The Latest Architecture in and Out of the Capital

    New architectural impulses: recent buildings in the German capital by local architects as well as international projects by architects based in Berlin, complemented by essays on topics that are currently being discussed in the world of architecture. 60 projects demonstrate how the new paradigm...
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  • North Gallery: Volume 6 by Architecture Students, Yale Graduate
    Yale Graduate Architecture Students

    North Gallery: Volume 6

    Beginning in the Spring 2018 semester, the Yale School of Architecture Gallery launched a program to give students the opportunity to curate and stage exhibitions. The content is driven by student proposals and strives to be responsive to current interests and concerns in the...
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  • Large, Lasting and Inevitable: Jorge Silvetti in Dialogues and Writings on Architecture as a Cultural Practice by Silvetti, Jorge
    Jorge Silvetti

    Large, Lasting and Inevitable: Jorge Silvetti in Dialogues and Writings on Architecture as a Cultural Practice

    A retrospective on the influential career of Argentinian architect Jorge Silvetti. Jorge Silvetti looks back on a long career as both a designing architect and as an architectural teacher and theoretician. Born in Argentina, he was one of the founding members of Arquitectos Asociados,...
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  • OASE 116: The Architect as Public Intellectual by Avermaete, Tom
    Tom Avermaete

    OASE 116: The Architect as Public Intellectual

    Architects and designers critically examine their ability to contribute to the discussion on social issues and challengesThis issue of OASE explores the role of architects as public intellectuals and the ways in which they contribute to society beyond design. Architects are well placed to...
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  • Designed for Life: Architecture and Design in Cork City, 1900-90 by Spalding, Tom
    Tom Spalding

    Designed for Life: Architecture and Design in Cork City, 1900-90

    Author: Tom SpaldingISBN-10: 1782050191ISBN-13: 9781782050193Publisher: Cork University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/20/2025Pages: 384Format: Hardcover
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  • The Architecture of Housing Co-Ops: 15 Case Studies in De/NL by Kums, Marieke
    Marieke Kums

    The Architecture of Housing Co-Ops: 15 Case Studies in De/NL

    A handy companion to the rise of housing co-ops in Western EuropeTo stimulate interest in cooperative living, The Architecture of Housing Co-ops highlights successful examples from Germany alongside more recent Dutch projects, showcasing recent developments through detailed analyses, financial models, floor plans and interviews...
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  • Proto-Habitat by Menu, Flavien
    Flavien Menu

    Proto-Habitat

    One timber prefab building turns into a litany of conversations, research and essays on responsible yet habitable environmentsThe Proto-Habitat is both a theoretical and practical (built) experiment to explore ways of dwelling that are closer to contemporary lifestyles, and to broaden collective representation to...
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  • I Prefer Not To.... by Swinnen, Peter
    Peter Swinnen

    I Prefer Not To....

    Recounting a lecture series-cum-dialogue on the possibilities and sticking points confronting architects worldwideThis book is a free-associative recount of the 12-part lecture series staged by Belgian architect Peter Swinnen (born 1972) at the ETH Department of Architecture (Zurich). I Prefer Not To ... can...
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  • Bracket [On Sharing] by Bhatia, Neeraj
    Neeraj Bhatia

    Bracket [On Sharing]

    Bracket [On Sharing] considers the historic roots of sharing and their relationship to contemporary models of sharing. Sharing is one of the humanity's most basic traits; we intrinsically recognize the benefits of pooling resources within a community in order take advantage of varied abilities...
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  • Architecture from Public to Commons by L?pez-Dinardi, Marcelo
    Marcelo L?pez-Dinardi

    Architecture from Public to Commons

    This book provides an urgent framework and collective reflection on understanding ways to reconsider and recast architecture within ideas and politics of the commons and practices of commoning.Architecture from Public to Commons opens with Institutions the dialogue with the scales of the commons, the...
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  • The Great Repair: Politics for a Society of Repair: A Reader by Hiller, Christian
    Christian Hiller

    The Great Repair: Politics for a Society of Repair: A Reader

    A theoretical approach to repairing society from the perils of capitalism and overconsumptionThis collaborative project between ARCH+, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, ETH Zurich and the University of Luxembourg proposes a vision of societal repair based on practices of care, maintenance and mending.Author: Christian HillerISBN-10:...
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  • I, Nobot by John Wit, Andrew
    Andrew John Wit

    I, Nobot

    The book is a graphic novella written by two self-realized nobots who aim to help nearly seven billion fellow biological nobots (also known as humans) realize their true nature. They believe that many nobots are unaware of their existence and some even call themselves...
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  • Architectural Materialisms: Nonhuman Creativity by Voyatzaki, Maria
    Maria Voyatzaki

    Architectural Materialisms: Nonhuman Creativity

    This book gathers 14 architects, designers, performing artists, film makers, media theorists, philosophers, mathematicians and programmers. They all argue that matter in contemporary posthuman times has to be rethought in its rich internal dynamism and its multifaceted context. By transversally crossing disciplinary boundaries, new...
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  • Dash 11: Interiors on Display: A Representation of Good Living by Zeinstra, Jurjen
    Jurjen Zeinstra

    Dash 11: Interiors on Display: A Representation of Good Living

    This edition of DASH examines the development of home interiors in the twentieth century, from the designs of Cuypers to the contemporary stylings of IKEA. Through a series of images of "period rooms," this publication examines the concept of living in style.Author: Jurjen ZeinstraISBN-10:...
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  • Parkett No. 82 Pawel Althamer, Louise Bourgeois, Rachel Harrison by Curiger, Bice
    Bice Curiger

    Parkett No. 82 Pawel Althamer, Louise Bourgeois, Rachel Harrison

    Parkett 82 features sculptor, diarist and preeminent Feminist Louise Bourgeois; the theatrical, shamanistic Polish artist Pawel Althamer and New York sculptor Rachel Harrison. Essayists on Bourgeois include Robert Storr, whose text is aptly called "Mother of Them All/Sister of Some," Tracey Emin and Griselda...
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  • Shrinking Cities in Romania: Volume 1: Research and Analysis; Volume 2: Responses and Interventions by Păun Constantinescu, Ilinca
    Ilinca Păun Constantinescu

    Shrinking Cities in Romania: Volume 1: Research and Analysis; Volume 2: Responses and Interventions

    Gathering a large group of academics, researchers, artists, architects, and urban planners, the publication Shrinking Cities in Romania is a pioneering initiative to raise awareness of an acute and pervasive yet too little discussed matter: the socio-cultural, physical, economic, and demographic decline of Romanian...
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  • Chile: Crypt and House: House at Punta Pite, 2003-06 by Smiljan Radic & Crypt in the Cathedral of Santiago de Chile, 1999-2006 by Rodrigo Pere by Wang, Wilfried
    Wilfried Wang

    Chile: Crypt and House: House at Punta Pite, 2003-06 by Smiljan Radic & Crypt in the Cathedral of Santiago de Chile, 1999-2006 by Rodrigo Pere

    This volume focuses on two architectural projects that, taken together, provide a telling glimpse into the Chilean culture and landscape--from its colonial legacy to its magnificent coast. Smiljan Radic's House in Punta Pite merges vernacular architecture with a crisp, Modernist sense of design to...
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  • Other Space Odysseys by Borasi, Giovanna
    Giovanna Borasi

    Other Space Odysseys

    This book presents three architectural responses to the idea of journeys through outer space in a future based on technology. After the 1969 moonwalk, Alessandro Poli with Superstudio considered it critical to imagine our environment as connected to outer space. His "Architettura interplanetaria" imagined...
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  • Pratt Sessions, Volume 2 by Erdman, David
    David Erdman

    Pratt Sessions, Volume 2

    Pratt Sessions presents a series of conversations between notable practitioners and thinkers. It is a distributed symposium that is curated and yet open-ended. Based on an ongoing lecture series at Pratt Institute's Graduate Architecture and Urban Design program, each Session brings together two participants...
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  • Colonial Architecture and Urbanism in Africa: Intertwined and Contested Histories by Demissie, Fassil
    Fassil Demissie

    Colonial Architecture and Urbanism in Africa: Intertwined and Contested Histories

    Colonial architecture and urbanism in Africa created a built environment purposely suited to the administrative apparatus of empire: architecture and urbanism sought to project the authority of the European powers while simultaneously stabilizing the fragile European identity at the colonial frontier. This book seeks...
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  • Myth and Mirage: Inland Southern California, Birthplace of the Spanish Colonial Revival by Betsky, Aaron
    Aaron Betsky

    Myth and Mirage: Inland Southern California, Birthplace of the Spanish Colonial Revival

    The Spanish Colonial Revival style has been part of the aesthetic fabric of Southern California for over 100 years.While Spanish Colonial Revival landmarks are well known throughout the region, examples of such works in the Inland Empire have largely been forgotten. Myth and Mirage...
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  • Pocket Guide to Los Angeles Architecture by McBrien, Judith Paine
    Judith Paine McBrien

    Pocket Guide to Los Angeles Architecture

    Sprawling Los Angeles may never be considered a walking city, but this concise handbook organizes one hundred must-see architectural highlights into three downtown walkable tours and two delightful side trips. It covers such classic sights as Grauman's Chinese Theatre and the Griffith Observatory; modernist...
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  • Morningside Heights: A History of Its Architecture and Development by Dolkart, Andrew
    Andrew Dolkart

    Morningside Heights: A History of Its Architecture and Development

    Morningside Heights, the institutional heart of New York City, is also one of the city's most architecturally distinguished neighborhoods. The high plateau that forms Morningside Heights is geographically isolated within the city and remained largely undeveloped even as neighboring Harlem and the Upper West...
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  • Frank Lloyd Wright's Living Space by Satler, Gail
    Gail Satler

    Frank Lloyd Wright's Living Space

    Author: Gail SatlerISBN-10: 0875802451ISBN-13: 9780875802459Publisher: Northern Illinois University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/1999Pages: 212Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.01lbsSize: 8.79h x 5.77w x 0.79d
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  • Design Things by Binder, Thomas
    Thomas Binder

    Design Things

    A new perspective on design thinking and design practice: beyond products and projects, toward participatory design things. Design Things offers an innovative view of design thinking and design practice, envisioning ways to combine creative design with a participatory approach encompassing aesthetic and democratic practices...
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  • OASE 117: Project Village by Devoldere, Stefan
    Stefan Devoldere

    OASE 117: Project Village

    Exploring the role of the village in a highly urbanized 21st centuryThis latest issue of OASE contributes to the ongoing conversation around the architecture and urban design of villages, spurred by a growing demand for climate solutions within the field. The village is examined...
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  • Sun Seekers: The Cure of California by Kilston, Lyra
    Lyra Kilston

    Sun Seekers: The Cure of California

    Sunshine and nature: California as a beacon of better healthSince the mid-19th century, the idea of California has lured many waves of migrants. Here, writer and editor Lyra Kilston explores a less examined attraction: the region's promise of better health. From ailing families seeking...
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  • Vernacular Architecture in the 21st Century: Theory, Education and Practice by Asquith, Lindsay
    Lindsay Asquith

    Vernacular Architecture in the 21st Century: Theory, Education and Practice

    The issues surrounding the function and meaning of vernacular architecture in the twenty-first century are complex and extensive. Taking a distinctively rigorous theoretical approach, this book considers these issues from a number of perspectives, broadening current debate to a wider multidisciplinary audience. These collected...
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  • LA+ Journal: Risk: Interdisciplinary Journal of Landscape Architecture by Hands, Tatum
    Tatum Hands

    LA+ Journal: Risk: Interdisciplinary Journal of Landscape Architecture

    Author: Tatum HandsISBN-10: 1939621968ISBN-13: 9781939621962Publisher: Oro EditionsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/15/2017Pages: 120Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.30lbsSize: 10.40h x 8.80w x 0.40d
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  • The Taylorized Beauty of the Mechanical: Scientific Management and the Rise of Modernist Architecture by Guillén, Mauro F.
    Mauro F. Guillén

    The Taylorized Beauty of the Mechanical: Scientific Management and the Rise of Modernist Architecture

    The dream of scientific management was a rationalized machine world where life would approach the perfection of an assembly line. But since its early twentieth-century peak this dream has come to seem a dehumanizing nightmare. Henry Ford's assembly lines turned out a quarter of...
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  • Reconstruction as Violence in Syria by Rabbat, Nasser
    Nasser Rabbat

    Reconstruction as Violence in Syria

    A sustained critique of postwar reconstruction in Syria as a politically neutral processIn 2011, emboldened by the Arab Spring, the Syrians rose up against their government. The Syrian regime used violence to suppress the protests, so that what began as pro-democracy protests eventually morphed...
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  • Approximate Translation: Media, Narrative, and Experience in Urban Design by Jae-An Crisman, Jonathan
    Jonathan Jae-An Crisman

    Approximate Translation: Media, Narrative, and Experience in Urban Design

    Cities are infinite cultural hyperobjects that contain layers of history, of contemporary life, of material, capital, infrastructure, of future dreams of what may come. We sometimes call these dreams "urban design plans"--two-dimensional drawings that are meant to capture our aspirations for the future of...
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  • Tashkent Modernism XX/XI by Chukhovich, Boris
    Boris Chukhovich

    Tashkent Modernism XX/XI

    An investigative record of the architectural movement emblematic of the Soviet OrientAfter World War II, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, was designated as the capital of the Soviet Orient, a vitrine of socialism in the East. Conceived by both local and Moscow architects, the distinctive quality of...
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  • The Architecture of Psychoanalysis: Spaces of Transition by Rendell, Jane
    Jane Rendell

    The Architecture of Psychoanalysis: Spaces of Transition

    In this thought-provoking book, Jane Rendell explores how architectural space registers in psychoanalysis. She investigates both the inherently spatial vocabulary of psychoanalysis and ideas around the physical 'setting' of the psychoanalytic encounter, with reference to Sigmund Freud, D.W. Winnicott and Andre Green. Building on...
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