Immaterial Architecture

ISBN-13: 9780415363242 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 248 str.

Jonathan Hill

Opis

Architecture is generally perceived as the solid, physical matter that it unarguably creates, but what of the spaces it creates? This book explores the immaterial aspects of architecture, the pressures on architecture and the architectural profession, and considers concepts that align architecture with the immaterial.

Spis treści

Introduction: Immaterial/Material  1. House and Home  2. Hunting the Shadow  Conclusion: Immaterial-Material.  Index of Immaterial Architectures 

O autorze

Jonathan Hill is Professor of Architecture and Visual Theory and Director of the MPhil/PhD by Architectural Design programme at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. He is the author of The Illegal Architect (1998) and Actions of Architecture (2003) and editor of Occupying Architecture (1998) and Architecture—the Subject is Matter (2001) among others. Galleries where he has had solo exhibitions include the Haus der Architektur, Graz, and Architektur-Galerie am Weissenhof, Stuttgart.