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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... principles with which architecture starts are ' moral principles ' , principles that set in train a collection of beliefs about life and people . The principle of equality among people would suggest an architectural belief of the kind ...
... principles with which architecture starts are ' moral principles ' , principles that set in train a collection of beliefs about life and people . The principle of equality among people would suggest an architectural belief of the kind ...
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... principle no self - governing creature can adopt the principle of having no principles . Clarence Irving Lewis . 1969 : 73 . I don't believe in principles . Philip Johnson . Cited in Games 1985 : " The Best Hated Architect in the World ...
... principle no self - governing creature can adopt the principle of having no principles . Clarence Irving Lewis . 1969 : 73 . I don't believe in principles . Philip Johnson . Cited in Games 1985 : " The Best Hated Architect in the World ...
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... principles operate in a universal or unassailable sense ; rather , principles in architecture seem to be time- and culture - dependent . Another consideration is their intractability because , unlike the principles of inertia , entropy ...
... principles operate in a universal or unassailable sense ; rather , principles in architecture seem to be time- and culture - dependent . Another consideration is their intractability because , unlike the principles of inertia , entropy ...
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Chapter 1 | 25 |
B Social Aspects of Theory | 50 |
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