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- catalog abstract ""The words we use when we talk and write about architecture describe more than just bricks and mortar - they direct the ways we think of and live with buildings. This original and thoughtful study provides the first thorough examination of the relationship between architecture and language as complex social practices." "The book is divided into two parts. The first section consists of six rigorously argued chapters that investigate the language of modernism, language and drawing, 'masculine and feminine' architecture, language metaphors, science in architecture, and the social properties of architecture. The second part is a vocabulary of key words, providing rich analyses of critical terms such as Character, Form, History and Space. Each investigation locates a word's modern meaning within a historical framework and theoretical discussion, setting out clearly the term's development and its purpose for architects, historians, philosophers, critics and the 'users' of buildings themselves."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Vocabulary of modern architecture".
- catalog contributor b11516803.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""The words we use when we talk and write about architecture describe more than just bricks and mortar - they direct the ways we think of and live with buildings. This original and thoughtful study provides the first thorough examination of the relationship between architecture and language as complex social practices." "The book is divided into two parts. The first section consists of six rigorously argued chapters that investigate the language of modernism, language and drawing, 'masculine and feminine' architecture, language metaphors, science in architecture, and the social properties of architecture. The second part is a vocabulary of key words, providing rich analyses of critical terms such as Character, Form, History and Space. Each investigation locates a word's modern meaning within a historical framework and theoretical discussion, setting out clearly the term's development and its purpose for architects, historians, philosophers, critics and the 'users' of buildings themselves."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Acknowledgments -- Preface -- pt. 1. Introduction ; 1. The language of modernism ; 2. Language and drawing ; 3. On difference: masculine and feminine ; 4. Language metaphors ; 5. 'Spatial mechanics': scientific metaphors ; 6. 'Dead or alive': describing 'the social' -- pt. 2. Character ; Context ; Design ; Flexibility ; Form ; Formal ; Function ; History ; Memory ; Nature ; Order ; Simple ; Space ; Structure ; Transparency ; Truth ; Type ; User -- Bibliography -- List of illustrations -- Index.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-325) and index.".
- catalog extent "336 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0500341729".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : Thames & Hudson,".
- catalog subject "720.108 21".
- catalog subject "Architectural criticism History.".
- catalog subject "Architecture Historiography.".
- catalog subject "Architecture Language.".
- catalog subject "Architecture Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "Architecture Terminology.".
- catalog subject "Architecture and philosophy.".
- catalog subject "Architecture, Modern History.".
- catalog subject "Language and culture.".
- catalog subject "Modern movement (Architecture)".
- catalog subject "NA2543.L34 F67 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "Acknowledgments -- Preface -- pt. 1. Introduction ; 1. The language of modernism ; 2. Language and drawing ; 3. On difference: masculine and feminine ; 4. Language metaphors ; 5. 'Spatial mechanics': scientific metaphors ; 6. 'Dead or alive': describing 'the social' -- pt. 2. Character ; Context ; Design ; Flexibility ; Form ; Formal ; Function ; History ; Memory ; Nature ; Order ; Simple ; Space ; Structure ; Transparency ; Truth ; Type ; User -- Bibliography -- List of illustrations -- Index.".
- catalog title "Vocabulary of modern architecture".
- catalog title "Words and buildings : a vocabulary of modern architecture / Adrian Forty.".
- catalog type "Terminology. fast".
- catalog type "text".