Contemporary architectural images / Francisco Asensio Cerver
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TextPublication details: New York, NY: Whitney Library of design, c1998Description: 28 pages : illustrations (col.), plans ; 30 cmISBN: 0823009327Subject(s): ARCHITECTURE, MODERN -- 20TH CENTURY | ARCHITECTURE, MODERNLOC classification: NE 962 .C47 1998Summary: The interesting volume shows us the major movements in international architecture today through a selection of recently executed projects which portray the situation visually. The book attempts to present all those movements and forms considered ARCHITECTURE through a series controversial topics. It is based on the notion that "architecture should exist but doesn't really". In other words, it strives to show the two sides of architecture.
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LRC - Architecture | National University - Manila | Architecture | General Circulation | GC NE 962 .C47 1998 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | c.1 | Available | NULIB000015360 |
Contents:
The heart of the city -- Macrobuildings-Microcities -- The Periphery -- Topography and Context -- Strategy and Metaphor -- The persistence of the monument -- Transparency and Opacity -- The logic of the structure -- Techniques of congestion -- Architecture for leisure -- Domestic space
The interesting volume shows us the major movements in international architecture today through a selection of recently executed projects which portray the situation visually. The book attempts to present all those movements and forms considered ARCHITECTURE through a series controversial topics. It is based on the notion that "architecture should exist but doesn't really". In other words, it strives to show the two sides of architecture.
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