Actions of architecture : architects and creative users /
Drawing on the work of a wide range of architects, artists and writers, this book considers the relations between the architect and the user, which it compares to the relations between the artist and viewer and the author and reader. The book's thesis is informed by the text 'The Death of...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge,
2003
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Drawing on the work of a wide range of architects, artists and writers, this book considers the relations between the architect and the user, which it compares to the relations between the artist and viewer and the author and reader. The book's thesis is informed by the text 'The Death of the Author', in which Roland Barthes argues for a writer aware of the creativity of the reader. Actions of Architecture begins with a critique of strategies that define the user as passive and predictable, such as contemplation and functionalism. Subsequently it considers how an awareness of user creativity i. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 222 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203327217 9780203327210 9780415290425 0415290422 9780415290432 0415290430 9786610056071 6610056072 9781134437054 1134437056 9781134437009 1134437005 9781134437047 1134437048 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
