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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... notion Aristotle provided in one of his succinct formulations of the understanding of human actions and their relationship to nature , the notion of completion : Aristotle's most basic statement of what art is occurs in Physics , where ...
... notion Aristotle provided in one of his succinct formulations of the understanding of human actions and their relationship to nature , the notion of completion : Aristotle's most basic statement of what art is occurs in Physics , where ...
Page 160
... notion of mediation , or ' thought - in - action ' as Bell calls it , a wisdom of practical consequence mediating between theory and practice . This idea resonates with the hermeneutical notions of Stanley Fish ( 1989 ) concerning the ...
... notion of mediation , or ' thought - in - action ' as Bell calls it , a wisdom of practical consequence mediating between theory and practice . This idea resonates with the hermeneutical notions of Stanley Fish ( 1989 ) concerning the ...
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... notion from a discipline outside architecture to be exploited by piracy through analogy . Chaos theory has already impacted upon architecture in one respect , that of the ' Butterfly Effect ' , a term explained by Gleick : " Tiny ...
... notion from a discipline outside architecture to be exploited by piracy through analogy . Chaos theory has already impacted upon architecture in one respect , that of the ' Butterfly Effect ' , a term explained by Gleick : " Tiny ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Chapter 1 | 25 |
B Social Aspects of Theory | 50 |
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