Philosophy of Architecture (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780993053009)

This little handbook acts as a brief introduction to philosophical ideas and how they intersect with architecture: its reception and appreciation as well as its practice.It suggests that since design is the core human discipline, being the only activity that involves the imaginative conception of ideas, leading to artifacts that are realised as actual constructions in the world, architecture itself can be regarded as a way of overcoming philosophical tensions by suggesting practical possibilities, namely designs, that appear to bridge between rival theories and approaches.

Author: Nicholas Ray, Christian Illies
ISBN-10: 0993053009
ISBN-13: 9780993053009
Publisher: Cambridge Architectural Press
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2014
Pages: 164
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.37lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.35d