240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
47 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
240 Pages
47 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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In order to function, architectural theory and practice must be shaped to suit current cultural, economic, and political forces. Thus, architecture embodies reductive logic that conditions the treatment of human and social processes – which raises the question of how to define objectivity for architectural mentalities that must conform to a set of immediate conditions.
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Introduction
1 The rhetorical tradition
2 The elemental tradition
3 The nature of meaning
4 Ideas and sources
5 Architecture, idealism, and meaning
6 An imperfect future
Conclusions
Biography
Patrick Malone is the founder of Arcitalia, Italy. As an academic, he has undertaken research into property capital, has championed urban design, and promoted the regeneration of neglected settlements in rural Italy. He is especially interested in architectural theory and practice, and in what they can gain from urban and academic disciplines.
