This is Not Architecture : Media Constructions

ISBN-13: 9780415231800 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 288 str.

Kester Rattenbury

Opis

A collection of essays about different representations of architecture, including architectural writing, drawing, journalism and history, photography, film, computer games, television and the various cultures, ideas and bias that each media carries. The collection is divided into sections based on different types of media.

Recenzje

'This is a thought-provoking book. Much of the argument is very accessible.' - Building Design

Spis treści

10. Framing Icons: Two Girls, Two Audiences: The Photography of Case Study House £22. 11. Naturally Biased: Architecture in the National Press. 12. The Architectural Book: Image and Accident. 13. Post-Modernism and the Revenge of the Book. 14. Architectural Publishing - an Alphabetical Guide. The Construction Theory. 15. ArchitectureProduction. 16. From Dematerialism to Depoliticisation in Architecture. 17. Wallpaper Person: Notes of the Behaviour of a New Species. 18. Everything Counts in Large Amounts (The Sound of Geography Collapsing). Order: Perspective and Architectural Representation. On the Origins of Architectural Photography. Architectural Cinematography. The Revenge of Place. Section Two: The Shape of Representation. Iconic Pictures. Think of it as a Farm! Diagrams: Interactive Instruments in Operation. The Height of the Kick: Designing Gameplay. Photo-Graph, Photo-Shop. Section Three: The Reporting of Architecture. Framing Icons: Two Girls, Two Audiences: The Photography of Case Study House £22. Naturally Biased: Architecture in the National Press. The Architectural Book: Image and Accident. Post-Modernism and the Revenge of the Book. Architectural Publishing - an Alphabetical Guide. Section Four: The Construction Theory. Architecture Production. Wallpaper Person: Notes of the Behaviour of a New Species. Everything Counts in Large Amounts (The Sound of Geography Collapsing).

O autorze

Kester Rattenbury is an architectural writer and teacher. She trained as an architect before doing a PhD on the coverage of architecture in the UK national press, and then going on to work as an architectural journalist. She now works as a freelance architectural writer and reviewer, and teaches a design to architectural students. She lives and works in London.