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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815440303321

Autore

LaVine Lance

Titolo

Mechanics and meaning in architecture / / Lance LaVine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2001

ISBN

0-8166-9098-7

0-8166-3477-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 207 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

720/.1/05

Soggetti

Architecture and technology

Architecture - Technological innovations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-199) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part I: The Reconciliation of Mechanics and Meaning in Architectural Thought Part II: Mechanics and Meaning in Four Houses Conclusion: Metaphorical Technology

Sommario/riassunto

In Mechanics and Meaning in Architecture, Lance LaVine shows that in architecture, as practiced and taught today, the technological aspect of the profession—how weight is distributed, how heat flow is regulated, and how light is permitted to enter—has bee.