The Built, the Unbuilt and the Unbuildable _ In Pursuit of Architectural Meaning

Harbison, Robert

ISBN 10: 0500341168 / ISBN 13: 9780500341162

Published by Thames & Hudson, London, 1991

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orange cloth, gilt lettering and design to front cover, dust jacket, 192 pp, top end of dj's spine lightly scuffed Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy order. Seller Inventory # 101378

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Built, the Unbuilt and the Unbuildable _...

Publisher: Thames & Hudson, London

Publication Date: 1991

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very good

Dust Jacket Condition: very good

Edition: Cloth/dust jacket Quarto.

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Synopsis:

192 pages with 140 illustrations

Review:

" 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