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Architecture as Cultural and Political Discourse: Case studies of conceptual norms and aesthetic practices book cover

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Architecture as Cultural and Political Discourse Case studies of conceptual norms and aesthetic practices

By Daniel Grinceri Copyright 2016
224 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book is concerned with cultural and political discourses that affect the production of architecture. It examines how these discursive mechanisms and technologies combine to normalise and aestheticise everyday practices. It queries the means by which buildings are appropriated to give shape and form to political aspirations and values. Architecture is not overtly political. It does not coerce... Read more

Acknowledgements.  List of Figures.  Preface.  1. Architecture as Cultural and Political Discourse  2. Meaning and the Death of Architecture  3. Statements on Architecture: Meaning and Determinism in the Athens Charters  4. Aesthetics and Politics: The Building of Nazi Germany  5. The Camp and the Resort: The Exclusion and Inclusion Associatedf with 'Bare Life'  6. Spatial Contestation and Suburban Riots  7. The Architecture of Indefinite and Mandatory Detention  8. Architecture and Ethics: Competition for the Christmas Island Detention Centre  9. Apparatus  Index

Biography

Daniel Grinceri is a practicing architect in Perth, Western Australia. He recently received his PhD on this topic from the University of Western Australia.

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