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The Architecture of Continuity: Essays and Conversations

By Lars Spuybroek

The Architecture of Continuity: Essays and Conversations Architecture

The Architecture of Continuity: Essays and Conversations

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In the introduction to this first theoretical account of the Rotterdam architecture and art studio Nox, principle Lars Spuybroek writes, "That buildings are made of elements does not mean that architecture should be based on elementarism; we should rather strive for an architecture of continuity that fuses tectonics with experience, abstraction with empathy and matter with expressivity." Building on Gottfried Semper's materialist theory of architecture, Spuybroek takes us from a philosophy of technology to a surprisingly historical argument that recalls John Ruskin, William Hogarth and Wilhelm Worringer. The book includes several probing essays alongside in-depth conversations in which we can follow Spuybroek as he refines and sharpens his arguments. In addition to running Nox, Spuybroek is a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, where he holds the Thomas W. Ventulett III Distinguished Chair in Architectural Design.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
288
Release Date:
2009-02-01
Publication Date:
2009-04-30
Publisher:
NAI010 PUBL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
905662637X
ISBN13:
9789056626372
Weight:
467 g
Height:
139 cm
Width:
202 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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