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Architecture and the Burdens of Linearity

Architecture and the Burdens of Linearity

by Ingraham, Catherine
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In this engaging discussion, Ingraham considers maps, architectural plans, the laws of geometry, systems of architectural knowledge, and mythologies of architectural origin in works by Le Corbusier, Vitruvius, Alberti, Tafuri, Derrida, Levi-Strauss, Shakespeare, Lacan, Deleuze, Rilke, and Stendhal. Entering the current complex debates about the connection between theory and practice in architecture, the author also addressed themes in psychoanalytic criticism, poststructural theory, and feminist criticism. Her examination thus moves beyond architecture and its literal structures to the notion of epistemological structure that architecture as a discipline and practice upholds and promotes.

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BrandYale University Press
Pub dateMar 30, 1998
ISBN-100300071191
ISBN-139780300071191
Pages210
LanguageEnglish
Dimensions10.28 × 6.37 × 0.78 in
Weight1 lb
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