The secret life of buildings : an American mythology for modern architecture / Gavin Macrae-Gibson.

The secret life of buildings : an American mythology for modern architecture /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Macrae-Gibson, Gavin
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1985.
Subjects:
Architecture, Modern > 20th century > Philosophy.
Architecture > United States > Philosophy.
Table of Contents:
  • The representation of perception: Gehry House, Frank O. Gehry and Associates
  • The anxiety of the second fall: House El Even Odd, Peter Eisenman
  • The sensibility of silence: Four Leaf Towers, Cesar Pelli and Associates
  • The nature of the new sublime: Portland Public Service Building, Michael Graves
  • Scenography and the picturesque: Bozzi House, Robert A.M. Stern
  • The continuity of the classical: Manchester Superior Court Building, Allan Greenberg
  • The ironies of the difficult whole: Gordon Wu Hall, Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown.

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