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Mechanics and meaning in architecture / Lance LaVine.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- LaVine, Lance.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture and technology.
- Architecture--Technological innovations.
- Architecture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xix, 207 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In Mechanics and Meaning in Architecture, Lance LaVine shows that in architecture, as practiced and taught today, the technological aspect of the professionhow weight is distributed, how heat flow is regulated, and how light is permitted to enterhas bee.
- Contents:
- Part I: The Reconciliation of Mechanics and Meaning in Architectural Thought Part II: Mechanics and Meaning in Four Houses Conclusion: Metaphorical Technology
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-199) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-9098-7
- 0-8166-3477-7
- OCLC:
- 180702563
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