{"product_id":"architectures-pretexts-9780415898928","title":"Architectures Pretexts","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe aim of this book is to expose readers to architectureâs pretexts that include literary narratives, film, theatre, painting, music, and ritual, as a bridge between diverse intellectual territories and architecture. It introduces a selection of seminal modern and contemporary architectural projects, their situation within the built environment, and their intellectual and formal situation\/context as pretexts and design paradigms. Connections between diverse bodies of information will be cultivated along with the ability to posit consequential relationships for the production of architecture. \u003ci\u003eArchitectureâs Pretexts \u003c\/i\u003eseeks to cultivate a vision for architecture that sponsors operative links between the discipline of architecture and those outside of architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring the works of various architects including Guiseppe Terragni, Peter Eisenman, Peter Zumthor, Perry Kulper and Smout Allen, and Rem Koolhaas, this book provides the framework to understanding architectur\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments. 1. Introduction. On Translation and Spatial Construction of Meaning 2. Space of Poetic Allegory. Translating \u003cem\u003eThe Divine Comedy\u003c\/em\u003e: Terragni's Danteum as a Projection of Meaning Across Symbolic Forms 3. Space of Narrative Structure. The Shaping of Romeo and Juliet: Eisenman's Moving Arrows Eros and Other Errors 4. Space of Sound \u0026amp; Music. Architecture as a Performative Instrument: Zumthor's Soundbox 5. Space of Representation. The Generative Maps of Perry Kulper and Smout Allen 6. Space of Montage. Movement, Assemblage, and Appropriation in Koolhaas' Kunsthal. Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577334010199,"sku":"9780415898928","price":52.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415898928.jpg?v=1746094933","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/architectures-pretexts-9780415898928","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}