The Built, the Unbuilt, and the Unbuildable: In Pursuit of Architectural Meaning

Erscheinungsjahr 1993
ISBN: 978-0-262-58122-6
Verlag: MIT PR

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 404 g

Reihe: Mit Press

Robert Harbison reads architecture as one would read poetry for meaning.
Meaning, he finds, resides especially in those works of architecture that are
unnecessary, having outlived their physical functions or never having been intended
to have any. Gardens, monuments, historic fortifications, and ruins are among the
examples he uses to reveal the secret meanings of this architecture "freed from
function."Robert Harbison has lectured widely on architecture at the Museum of Modem
Art in New York, the University of Toronto, Stanford University, Cornell University,
and the Architectural Association, London. His previous books include Eccentric
Spaces, Deliberate Regression, and Pharaoh's Dream.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harbison, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Geschichte der Architektur, Baugeschichte
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Städtebau, Stadtplanung (Architektur)

Über Autor(innen)

Harbison, Robert
Robert Harbison has lectured widely on architecture at the Museum of Modem Art in
New York, the University of Toronto, Stanford University, Cornell University, and
the Architectural Association, London. His previous books include <I>Eccentric
Spaces, Deliberate Regression,</I> and <I>Pharaoh's
Dream.</I>