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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... Abstraction in Architectural Thought It is quite possible to project whole forms in the mind without any recourse to the material , by designating and determining a fixed orientation and conjunction for the various lines and angles ...
... Abstraction in Architectural Thought It is quite possible to project whole forms in the mind without any recourse to the material , by designating and determining a fixed orientation and conjunction for the various lines and angles ...
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... Abstraction is achieved by leaving out of consideration or ignoring what is apparently irrelevant ; hence all classification requires abstraction to some degree . In philosophy , abstraction ( as opposed to actuality ) is equated with ...
... Abstraction is achieved by leaving out of consideration or ignoring what is apparently irrelevant ; hence all classification requires abstraction to some degree . In philosophy , abstraction ( as opposed to actuality ) is equated with ...
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... abstraction to architecture and the subsequent history of that marriage that is contemporary architecture's legacy , I want to return to his first observation of one of abstraction's uses in art . This extract prompts the thought that ...
... abstraction to architecture and the subsequent history of that marriage that is contemporary architecture's legacy , I want to return to his first observation of one of abstraction's uses in art . This extract prompts the thought that ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Chapter 1 | 25 |
B Social Aspects of Theory | 50 |
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