LEADER 04446oam 2200697I 450 001 9910786318603321 005 20230801225249.0 010 $a1-135-76543-X 010 $a1-283-84404-4 010 $a1-135-76536-7 010 $a0-203-72377-5 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203723777 035 $a(CKB)2670000000277078 035 $a(EBL)1074906 035 $a(OCoLC)819380033 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000783023 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11442801 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000783023 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10751848 035 $a(PQKB)10691654 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1074906 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1074906 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10628778 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL415654 035 $a(OCoLC)900416496 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB135424 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000277078 100 $a20180706d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe cultural role of architecture $econtemporary and historical perspectives /$fedited by Paul Emmons, John Hendrix and Jane Lomholt 210 1$aMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York, N.Y. :$cRoutledge,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (251 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-78341-0 311 $a0-415-78340-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; The Cultural Role of Architecture; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; Preface; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Prologue: Cultivating Architecture; Part One Architecture as Agent of Recovery: A Testimony to Values; Introduction to Part One; 1 Greek Theatre as an Embodiment of Cultural Meaning; 2 The Restoration of the Hut of Romulus; 3 Il Corridoio Vasariano: A Resplendent Passage to Medici and Vasari's Grandeur; 4 Language Beyond Metaphor: The Structural Symbolism of Borromini's Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza 327 $a5 Villa Albani: Repository of Multiple Narratives6 The Space of Fiction: On the Cultural Relevance of Architecture; 7 Using Old Stuff and Thinking in a New Way: Material Culture, Conservation and Fashion in Architecture; Part Two Architecture as Substance and Sustenance: Cultural Desires and Needs; Introduction to Part Two; 8 De Beata Architectura: Places for Thinking; 9 Sverre Fehn: Materials and Culture; 10 A Persuasive Topology: Alvar Aalto and the Ambience of History; 11 Freiraum: Ideas of Nature and Freedom in the Work of Mies van der Rohe 327 $a12 Architectural Poetics in Alvaro Siza's Church of Santa Maria13 The Play of Plans: Le Corbusier's Serious Game of Dominoes; 14 Something out of the "Ordinary"; Part Three A Time of Aspirations: Cultural Understanding of the Roles of Architecture; Introduction to Part Three; 15 The Relevance of Beauty in Architecture; 16 Architectural Creation Between "Culture" and "Civilization"; 17 Architectural Identity Demystified: Visual Voices from the Arab World; 18 The Fiction of the Digital in the Mediated City; 19 The Memory of Ruins and the Ruins of Memory 327 $a20 The Conceptual Bearings of the Intercultural Role of Architecture21 Architecture as the Psyche of a Culture; Epilogue: The Necessity of Architecture; Index 330 $aExploring the ambiguities of how we define the word 'culture' in our global society, this book identifies its imprint on architectural ideas. It examines the historical role of the cultural in architectural production and expression, looking at meaning and communication, tracing the formations of cultural identities.Chapters written by international academics in history, theory and philosophy of architecture, examine how different modes of representation throughout history have drawn profound meanings from cultural practices and beliefs. These are as diverse as the designs they inspi 606 $aArchitecture and society 606 $aArchitecture$xHuman factors 615 0$aArchitecture and society. 615 0$aArchitecture$xHuman factors. 676 $a720.1/03 676 $a720.103 701 $aEmmons$b Paul$0881003 701 $aHendrix$b John$0899828 701 $aLomholt$b Jane$01478247 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786318603321 996 $aThe cultural role of architecture$93693894 997 $aUNINA