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The secret life of buildings : an American mythology for modern architecture
- Title
- The secret life of buildings : an American mythology for modern architecture / Gavin Macrae-Gibson.
- Author
- Macrae-Gibson, Gavin.
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1985], ©1985.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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- Additional Authors
- Iguchi, Yasuyo
- Description
- xvii, 215 pages : illustrations; 29 cm
- Summary
- Examines seven architectural works, including homes, courtrooms, and office buildings, discusses the mythological qualities of each building, and suggests a new theory of architectural criticism.
- Subjects
- Note
- Rare Book copy: In original dust jacket.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-199) and index.
- 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.
- ISBN
- 0262132036
- 9780262132039
- LCCN
- 84028889
- OCLC
- ocm11550572
- 11550572
- SCSB-2525395
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries