Book: Exit-architecture: Design Between War And Peace a oeFirst we shape things, then they shape usa, was Churchilla (TM)s view. What kind of architecture can be said to shape? Who does it shape? And by what means does it shape? The authora (TM)s answers to these questions are a surprise. Through war and proximity to stress. After a tour da (TM)horizon through Roman temples, Washingtona (TM)s corridors of power and Meccaa (TM)s anti-panic architecture it becomes clear that architecture is anything but in the background. Instead it is situated in the hot spot of transmission dynamics and is capable of altering cultures, empires and even religions.
Details of Book: Exit-architecture: Design Between War And Peace Book: Exit-architecture: Design Between War And Peace
Author: Stephan Truby, Robert Payne, Heiner Muhlmann
ISBN: 3211779698
ISBN-13: 9783211779699
, 978-3211779699
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: May 2008
Publisher: Springer Wien New York
Number of Pages: 113
Language: English