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UNINA9910464670103321 |
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Autore |
Brittain-Catlin Timothy |
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Bleak houses : disappointment and failure in architecture / / Timothy Brittain-Catlin |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2014] |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (192 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Architectural criticism |
Architectural practice |
Architecture - Human factors |
Architecture and society |
Failure (Psychology) |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Losers; 2 There Is Real and There Is Fake; 3 Bullies and Sissies; 4 Hopelessness; 5 Retrenchment and Loss; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Why some architects fail to realize their ideal buildings, and what architecture critics can learn from novelists. |
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