Architecture Words 11: The House of Light and Entropy

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Architecture Words 11: The House of Light and Entropy

This collection of essays written by landscape historian Alessandra Ponte, begins with an investigation of the American obsession with lawns and then continues to collectively map the aesthetic, scientific and technological production of past and present North American landscapes. These include the American desert as a privileged site of scientific and artistic testing; the faraway projects of electrification of the Canadian North; the history of the American lawn; the photographic medium and its encounters with Native Americans; as well as an introductory essay, â€˜The Map and the Territoryâ€™, written specifically for this volume.

Architecture Words is a series of texts and important essays on architecture written by architects, critics and scholars. Like many aspects of everyday life, contemporary architectural culture is dominated by an endless production and consumption of images, graphics and information. Rather than mirror this larger force, this series of small books seeks to deflect it by means of direct language, concise editing and beautiful, legible graphic design. Each volume in the series offers the reader texts that distil important larger issues and problems. The words are edited and the pages designed in a way that acknowledges the ability of graphic and printed forms to communicate architectural ideas; not only the ideas contained within each volume, but also the enduring power of written ideas more generally to challenge and change the way all architects think.

Country	USA
Author	Alessandra Ponte
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781907896569
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Architectural Association
Manufacturer	Architectural Association
NumberOfPages	213
PublicationDate	2014-07-27
Publisher	Architectural Association
ReleaseDate	2014-07-27
Studio	Architectural Association

Architecture Words 11: The House of Light and Entropy

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