The Theory of Architecture: Concepts, Themes & PracticesThis jargon-free guide to design and architecture theory helps professionals engage in the discourse of where and what architecture is, and has been. |
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... Roger Scruton . 1983 : 189-190 . It is a persistent philosophical error to hold that the distinction between essence and accident is identical with , or inextricably bound up with , that between substance and property , so that you ...
... Roger Scruton . 1983 : 189-190 . It is a persistent philosophical error to hold that the distinction between essence and accident is identical with , or inextricably bound up with , that between substance and property , so that you ...
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... Roger Scruton notes that " The greater part of our aims cannot be stated in advance of their realization , and the attempt to find a ' solution ' , in terms of means to end , will usually involve the arbitrary limitation of the problem ...
... Roger Scruton notes that " The greater part of our aims cannot be stated in advance of their realization , and the attempt to find a ' solution ' , in terms of means to end , will usually involve the arbitrary limitation of the problem ...
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... Roger Scruton . 1979 : 58 . Form is not shape . Shape is a design affair , but form is a realization of inseparable components . Design calls into being what realization - form - tells us . You could also say that form can be detected ...
... Roger Scruton . 1979 : 58 . Form is not shape . Shape is a design affair , but form is a realization of inseparable components . Design calls into being what realization - form - tells us . You could also say that form can be detected ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Chapter 1 | 25 |
B Social Aspects of Theory | 50 |
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