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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... mediation proceeds no matter which stance we adopt . In other words , the outcome of any mediation will be independent of our way of construing a task , even though the outcome depends totally on our ushering it into existence by our ...
... mediation proceeds no matter which stance we adopt . In other words , the outcome of any mediation will be independent of our way of construing a task , even though the outcome depends totally on our ushering it into existence by our ...
Page 79
... mediation between words and their concepts , theory ( design - talk ) is mediation between architectural concept - words and their manifestation in practice . Definitions assist in the mediation but are contingent , and they are ...
... mediation between words and their concepts , theory ( design - talk ) is mediation between architectural concept - words and their manifestation in practice . Definitions assist in the mediation but are contingent , and they are ...
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... mediation between nonverbal or tacit knowledge and the stream of contingen- cies that make up practical architectural application . But so susceptible are tacit knowledge and know - how to criticism or the demand to explain themselves ...
... mediation between nonverbal or tacit knowledge and the stream of contingen- cies that make up practical architectural application . But so susceptible are tacit knowledge and know - how to criticism or the demand to explain themselves ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Chapter 1 | 25 |
B Social Aspects of Theory | 50 |
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