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Designs and their consequences / Richard Hill.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 1999.Description: 275 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0300079486 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 720/.1 21
LOC classification:
  • NA2500 .H55 1999
Contents:
1. An Art of Design -- 2. Designs and Buildings -- 3. Encounters with Buildings -- 4. Aesthetic Experience -- 5. Meaning -- 6. Expression -- 7. Purpose, Function, Use -- 8. Usefulness, Life and Art.
Review: "In this thought-provoking book, Richard Hill examines the many-faceted relationship between aesthetic theory and architecture. Grounding his arguments in the practical issues related to building - the demands of site, materials, labour force, the nature of the commission - Hill expands our understanding and enjoyment of architecture, while offering especially valuable insights for students of architecture and the history of architecture."--BOOK JACKET.
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General Collection Main Campus Library General Stacks NA 2500 .H55 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 20097923

Includes bibliographical references (p.243-264) and index.

1. An Art of Design -- 2. Designs and Buildings -- 3. Encounters with Buildings -- 4. Aesthetic Experience -- 5. Meaning -- 6. Expression -- 7. Purpose, Function, Use -- 8. Usefulness, Life and Art.

"In this thought-provoking book, Richard Hill examines the many-faceted relationship between aesthetic theory and architecture. Grounding his arguments in the practical issues related to building - the demands of site, materials, labour force, the nature of the commission - Hill expands our understanding and enjoyment of architecture, while offering especially valuable insights for students of architecture and the history of architecture."--BOOK JACKET.

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