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Title The global built environment as a representation of realities : why and how architecture should be subject of worldwide comparison / edited by Aart Mekking and Eric Roose ; with contributions by En-Yu Huang [and others].

Publication Info. [Amsterdam] : Pallas Publications, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (212 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction. Breaking Boundaries: Towards a Global Theory of Architectural Representation; 1. The Architectural Representation of Reality; 2. The Architectural Representation of Islam; 3. The Architectural Representation of Paradise; 4. The Architectural Representation of Taboo; 5. The Architectural Representation of Diversity; List of Contributors; Classified Index.
Summary This original study calls for every part of the built environment worldwide to be seen as a representation of a certain reality and as a new, meaningful combination, in the specific context of a concrete commisson of architectural elements that were already there.
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Subject Architecture -- Philosophy.
Architecture -- Philosophy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Mekking, Aart J. J.
Roose, Eric, 1967-
Huang, Enyu.
Other Form: Print version: Global built environment as a representation of realities. [Amsterdam] : Pallas Publications, ©2009 9789087280635
ISBN 9789048508310 (electronic book)
9048508312 (electronic book)
9789087280635
9087280637