Architecture and Abstraction
$54.65
- Paperback
328 pages
- Release Date
10 October 2023
Summary
A landmark study of abstraction in architectural history, theory, and practice that challenges our assumptions about the meaning of abstract forms.
In this theoretical study of abstraction in architecture—the first of its kind—Pier Vittorio Aureli argues for a reconsideration of abstraction, its meanings, and its sources. Although architects have typically interpreted abstraction in formal terms—the purposeful reduction of the complexities of design to its essentials—Aureli shows that…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262545235 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262545233 |
| Author: | Pier Vittorio Aureli |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 328 |
| Release Date: | 10 October 2023 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 137mm |
| Series: | Writing Architecture |
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About The Author
Pier Vittorio Aureli
Pier Vittorio Aureli teaches at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). He is the cofounder of the architectural office, Dogma. He is the author of The Possibility of an Absolute Architecture (MIT Press, 2011) and The Project of Autonomy, and the coauthor of Living and Working (MIT Press, 2022).
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