Architecture as Cultural and Political Discourse: Case Studies of Conceptual Norms and Aesthetic Practices

ISBN-13: 9781138490284 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 212 str.

Daniel Grinceri

Opis

This book examines the cultural and political discourses that affect the production of architecture.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements.  List of Figures.  Preface.  1. Architecture as Cultural and Political Discourse  2. Meaning and the Death of Architecture  3. Statements on Architecture: Meaning and Determinism in the Athens Charters  4. Aesthetics and Politics: The Building of Nazi Germany  5. The Camp and the Resort: The Exclusion and Inclusion Associatedf with 'Bare Life'  6. Spatial Contestation and Suburban Riots  7. The Architecture of Indefinite and Mandatory Detention  8. Architecture and Ethics: Competition for the Christmas Island Detention Centre  9. Apparatus  Index

O autorze

Daniel Grinceri is a practicing architect in Perth, Western Australia. He recently received his PhD on this topic from the University of Western Australia.