Presenting thinking from practitioners and scholars from around the world, this book asks for a more active relationship between the humanities, the architectural profession, and society.

Contains essays that investigate how the cultures of the town and the countryside interact in architecture.

Drawing from Walter Benjamin's ideas, this book contains essays that contribute to a critical understanding of contemporary architectural theories.

How we experience space by listening: the concepts of aural architecture, with examples ranging from Gothic cathedrals to surround sound home theater.

Presenting thinking from practitioners and scholars from around the world, this book asks for an active relationship between the humanities, the architectural profession, and society.

Attempts to offer an understanding of spatial issues in the field of architecture. This book elaborates the theoretical link between architecture and psychoanalysis. It argues that perspective remains the primary way of representing form, because it is the paradigmatic form of spatial consciousness. It is illustrated and intended for architects.

Attempts to offer an understanding of spatial issues in the field of architecture. This book elaborates the theoretical link between architecture and psychoanalysis. It argues that perspective remains the primary way of representing form, because it is the paradigmatic form of spatial consciousness. It is illustrated and intended for architects.

Focuses on the use of natural light in Shaker architecture, noting that Shaker builders manipulated light not only for practical reasons of illumination but also to sculpt a deliberately spiritual, visual presence within their space. This book celebrates this subtly beautiful aspect of Shaker innovation and construction.

Contains essays that investigate how the cultures of the town and the countryside interact in architecture.

Offers a discussion of the experiential aspect of buildings.

Defines how social participation can be incorporated into architecture in a practical manner, which can better serve both architecture and society. This book offers a set of recommendations for architectural practices and other key actors.

Deals with how things feel to us when we stand before them, with how architecture affects us emotionally as well as intellectually, and with its impact on our lives. This book raises our awareness of fundamental things like proportion, scale, space, texture, materials, shapes, light, and memory.

Considers the hopes and fears we have for our homes. It look at questions such as why do people disagree about taste? can beautiful surroundings make us good? Reflecting that architecture has the power to influence how we feel, this book suggests how we might learn to build better dwellings, in which we would stand a higher chance of happiness.

Modern Architectural Theory is the first book to provide a comprehensive survey of architectural theory, primarily in Europe and the United States, during three centuries of development.

This volume, evolving from a recent symposium, brings together a group of prominent literary theorists and architects to discuss the entente between postmodernism and architecture.

Goes beyond the normal policy evaluation to examine the underlying assumptions which science parks embody about science and society and their relation to space and geographical uneven development.

Defines how social participation can be incorporated into architecture in a practical manner, which can better serve both architecture and society. This book offers a set of recommendations for architectural practices and other key actors.