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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... tradition— whichever one it is as long as it is unbroken - contains more values , and well - balanced ones , than a ... Tradition brings past and present into immediate visual relation , and can be understood only by someone with a ...
... tradition— whichever one it is as long as it is unbroken - contains more values , and well - balanced ones , than a ... Tradition brings past and present into immediate visual relation , and can be understood only by someone with a ...
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... tradition than in the arrogance of his revolt . Abdel Wahed El - Wakil . c1990 . It is ... possible to create a tradition that is held together by strict rules , and that is also successful to some extent . But is it desirable to ...
... tradition than in the arrogance of his revolt . Abdel Wahed El - Wakil . c1990 . It is ... possible to create a tradition that is held together by strict rules , and that is also successful to some extent . But is it desirable to ...
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... tradition ' among such variegation that might speak of continuity in a way that might assist architects to design ' in context ' , in the vernacular sense , is almost impossible . Tradition can be applied only to those aspects such ...
... tradition ' among such variegation that might speak of continuity in a way that might assist architects to design ' in context ' , in the vernacular sense , is almost impossible . Tradition can be applied only to those aspects such ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Chapter 1 | 25 |
B Social Aspects of Theory | 50 |
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