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192 pages with 140 illustrations
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" In this era of ubiquitous mass media, when today's catchword is tomorrow's cliche Robert Harbison has produced that rarity, a thoroughly personal and original book. "The Built, the Unbuilt and the Unbuildable is "a lucid, provocative meditation on architectural meaning, on 'some of the witting and unwitting means by which buildings evade functional necessities, or surpass them even while satisfying them.'" -- Nancy Levinson, Architectural Record
& quot; In this era of ubiquitous mass media, when today's catchword is tomorrow's cliche Robert Harbison has produced that rarity, a thoroughly personal and original book. The Built, the Unbuilt and the Unbuildable is a lucid, provocative meditation on architectural meaning, on 'some of the witting and unwitting means by which buildings evade functional necessities, or surpass them even while satisfying them.'& quot; -- Nancy Levinson, Architectural Record
"In this era of ubiquitous mass media, when today's catchword is tomorrow's cliche Robert Harbison has produced that rarity, a thoroughly personal and original book. "The Built, the Unbuilt and the Unbuildable is "a lucid, provocative meditation on architectural meaning, on 'some of the witting and unwitting means by which buildings evade functional necessities, or surpass them even while satisfying them.'"--Nancy Levinson, Architectural Record
About the Author
Robert Harbison has lectured widely on architecture at the Museum of Modem Art in New York, the University of Toronto, Stanford University, Cornell University, and the Architectural Association, London. His previous books include Eccentric Spaces, Deliberate Regression, and Pharaoh's Dream.
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- PublisherThames & Hudson Ltd
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0500341168
- ISBN 13 9780500341162
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages192
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