Why we build / by Rowan Moore
2012, First Edition. London : Picador. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #379831
Physical description : 421 pages ; 20 cm. Notes : Originally published: 2012. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents : 1. Desire shapes space, and space shapes desires -- 2. The fixed and wandering home -- 3. The true fake -- 4. The inconstant horizon, or notes on the erotic in architecture -- 5. Power and freedom -- 6. Form follows finance -- 7. The rapacity of 'hope' -- 8. Eternity is overrated -- 9. Life, and the look of life -- 10. Indispensable as bread. Subjects : Architecture Philosophy. Architecture and society. Architecture Human factors. Architecture Philosophy. Architectural theory. Bibliography. Illustrated.
Price: €30.00