Building/object : shared and contested territories of design and architecture / edited by Charlotte Ashby and Mark Crinson.
"Building-Object addresses the space in between the conventional objects of design and the conventional objects of architecture, probing and reassessing the differences between the disciplines of design history and architectural history Each of the 13 chapters in this book examine things which...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Visual Arts,
2022.
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book |
| Summary: | "Building-Object addresses the space in between the conventional objects of design and the conventional objects of architecture, probing and reassessing the differences between the disciplines of design history and architectural history Each of the 13 chapters in this book examine things which are neither object-like or building-like, but somewhere in between - air conditioning; bookshelves; partition walls; table-monuments; TVs; convenience stores; cars - exposing particular political configurations and resonances that otherwise might be occluded. In doing so, they reveal that the definitions we make of objects in opposition to buildings, architecture in opposition to design, are not as fundamental as they seem. This book brings new aspects of the creative and experiential into our understanding of the human environment"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 292 pages) : illustrations (chiefly colour) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 135023401X 9781350234017 |