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Routledge The Architecture of Ruins - Designs on Past, Present, Future

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The Architecture of Ruins explores a distinctive architectural history spanning the sixteenth century to the twenty-first century, examining how buildings are intentionally designed, occupied and imagined as ruins. This comprehensive work by Routledge identifies a creative design practice that treats monuments and ruins as interdependent themes within a single building dialectic. The book addresses temporal and environmental questions through poetic, psychological and practical perspectives, whilst stimulating inquiry into personal and national identity, the relationship between nature and culture, and how weather and climate shape architectural permanence. Essential reading for architects, historians and design professionals seeking to understand how contemporary design engages with decay, time and the built environment's evolving legacy.

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The Architecture of Ruins traces a significant alternative history of architectural design from the sixteenth century through to the twenty-first century.

Routledge's analysis treats monuments and ruins as creative, interdependent and simultaneous themes within a single unified building dialectic.

The work addresses temporal and environmental design questions in poetic, psychological and practical terms relevant to modern architectural practice.

The book stimulates critical questions about personal and national identity, nature and culture, and climate's impact on architectural permanence.

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hardcover
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Amazon UK
Release Date
09 April 2019
Listed Since
04 November 2018

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