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Architectural reflections : studies in the philosophy and practice of architecture / Colin St. John Wilson.

By: Publication details: Oxford : Butterworth Architecture, 1992.Description: xvi, 240 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0750612835
  • 9781483142173
  • 9780750612838
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Contents:
pt. I. Five themes. 1. The natural imagination. 2. The ethics of architecture. 3. The play of use and the use of play. 4. The historical sense. 5. Architecture and the figurative arts -- pt. II. Five case studies. 6. Alvar Aalto and the state of Modernism. 7. Hans Scharoun. 8. Sigurd Lewerentz. 9. Gunnar Asplund and the dilemma of Classicism. 10. Gerrit Rietveld: In memoriam -- pt. III. Polemic 1960-91. 11. Open and closed. 12. Two letters on the state of architecture: 1964 and 1981. 13. Speer and the fear of freedom. 14. Sacred games. 15. England builds -- pt. IV. History: the case study of a Grand Project. 16. The Law Courts Project: by Alfred Waterhouse.
Summary: This is a collection of essays on the subjects of architectural ethics, philosophy and practice. Architecture has always been the subject of great debate and never more so than now. The author explores the original aims and principles of modern architecture in this series of articles.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. I. Five themes. 1. The natural imagination. 2. The ethics of architecture. 3. The play of use and the use of play. 4. The historical sense. 5. Architecture and the figurative arts -- pt. II. Five case studies. 6. Alvar Aalto and the state of Modernism. 7. Hans Scharoun. 8. Sigurd Lewerentz. 9. Gunnar Asplund and the dilemma of Classicism. 10. Gerrit Rietveld: In memoriam -- pt. III. Polemic 1960-91. 11. Open and closed. 12. Two letters on the state of architecture: 1964 and 1981. 13. Speer and the fear of freedom. 14. Sacred games. 15. England builds -- pt. IV. History: the case study of a Grand Project. 16. The Law Courts Project: by Alfred Waterhouse.

This is a collection of essays on the subjects of architectural ethics, philosophy and practice. Architecture has always been the subject of great debate and never more so than now. The author explores the original aims and principles of modern architecture in this series of articles.