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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457741003321

Autore

Crysler C. Greig (Christopher Greig)

Titolo

Writing spaces : discourses of architecture, urbanism, and the built environment, 1960-2000 / / C. Greig Crysler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-47793-7

1-135-67958-4

1-280-22531-9

9786610225316

0-203-40268-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Collana

The Architext series

Classificazione

71.14

74.06

Disciplina

720/.1

Soggetti

Communication in architecture

Academic writing

Architecture - Philosophy

Cities and towns - Philosophy

Critical theory

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-232) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Preface and acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Silent Itineraries: Making Places in Architectural History; 3. Strategies of Disturbance and the "Generation of Theory"; 4. Unsettled Traditions and Global Modernities; 5. Economies of Representation; 6. Bodies of Theory; 7. Conclusion; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Writing Spaces examines some of the most important discourses in spatial theory of the last four decades, and considers their impact within the built environment disciplines. The book will be a key resource for courses on critical theory in architecture, urban studies and geography, at both the graduate and advanced undergraduate level.