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Metaphor: an exploration of the metaphorical dimensions and potential of architecture book cover

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Metaphor an exploration of the metaphorical dimensions and potential of architecture

By Simon Unwin Copyright 2019
192 Pages 388 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 388 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 388 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Each of these Analysing Architecture Notebooks is devoted to a particular theme in understanding the rich and varied workings of architecture. They can be thought of as addenda to the foundation volume Analysing Architecture , which first appeared in 1997 and has subsequently been enlarged in three further editions. Examining these extra themes as a series of Notebooks, rather than as... Read more

Preface.  Introduction.  Simile, Cliché, Metaphor?  Body Metaphors.  Gender Metaphors.  Tree Metaphors.  Doorway Metaphors.  Metaphors of Personality.  Temple Metaphors.  Cottage Metaphors.  Architecture-Related Word Metaphors.  The Genetic Metaphor.  Metaphors of Sense and Nonsense.  Mind Metaphors.  Landscape Metaphors.  Machine Metaphors.  The Music Metaphor.  Narrative Metaphors.  Endnote.  Acknowledgements.  Bibliography.  Index.

Biography

Simon Unwin is Emeritus Professor of Architecture at the University of Dundee in Scotland. Although retired, he continues to teach at the Welsh School of Architecture in Cardiff University, Wales, where he taught for many years. His books are used in schools of architecture around the world and have been translated into various languages.

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