The Words Between the Spaces : Buildings and Language

Name: The Words Between the Spaces
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
SKU: 9780415143455
Price: 30950 KES
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ISBN: 9780415143455

by Deborah Cameron , Thomas A. Markus

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Format Hardback

Book Series Architext

ISBN-10 0415143454

ISBN-13 9780415143455

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Imprint Routledge

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Oct 25th, 2001

Print length 212 Pages

Weight 431 grams

Product Classification: Theory of architecture Linguistics Literature: history & criticism Literature: history and criticism Urban communities / city life Urban communities Sociology The environment

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The authors use texts about such projects as Berlin's new Reichstag, Scotland's new parliament, and Auschwitz concentration camp museum to clarify the interaction between texts, design, critical debate and response.

Using language - speaking and understanding it - is a defining ability of human beings, woven into all human activity. It is therefore inevitable that it should be deeply implicated in the design, production and use of buildings. Building legislation, design guides, competition and other briefs, architectural criticism, teaching and scholarly material, and the media all produce their characteristic texts.
The authors use texts about such projects as Berlin''s new Reichstag, Scotland''s new Parliament, and the Auschwitz concentration camp museum to clarify the interaction between texts, design, critical debate and response.

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