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OverviewArchitecture's relationship with its representations is peculiar, powerful and critical. Though driven by belief in the characteristics of physical reality, architecture is identified, discussed, and explained almost entirely through representations. Indeed, the representations are often described as though they were architecture itself. The status of the imaginary project, and the shifts in media technology which affect how we make and see architecture, are part of a construct of media representations, including photographs, exhibitions, journalism, books, critical theory, by which we define what is architecture. This is Not Architecture assembles architectural writers of different kinds - historians, theorists, journalists, computer game designers, technologists, film-makers and architects - to discuss the characteristics, cultures, limitations and bias of the different kinds of media, and to build up an argument as to how this complex culture of representations is constructed. James Ackerman, Philip Campbell, Beatriz Colomina, Paul Finch, David Greene, Alberto Perez Gomez, Charles Jencks, Patrick Keiller, William Mitchell, Alan Powers, Kester Rattenbury, Pier Luigi Serraino Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kester Rattenbury (University of Westminster, UK)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.725kg ISBN: 9780415234061ISBN 10: 0415234069 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 02 May 2002 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Introduction: This is Not Architecture. Partial History of Virtual Reality. 2. The Revelation of Order: Perspective and Architectural Representation. 3. On the Origins of Architectural Photography. Architectural Cinematography. 4. The Revenge of Place. The Shape of Representation. 5. Iconic Pictures. 6. Think of it as Farm! 7. Diagrams: Interactive Instruments in Operation. 8. The Height of the Kick: Designing Gameplay. 9. Photo-Graph, Photo-Shop. The Reporting of Architecture.Reviews'This is a thought-provoking book. Much of the argument is very accessible.' - Building Design What Rattenbury furthers in this anthology is an awareness that architecture is enriched -- and not impoverished -- by the communicative power of the drawn or captured image and its eventual dissemination.. <br>- Journal of Architectural Education, Vol. 57, Issue 4, May 2004 <br> Author InformationKester Rattenbury is an architectural writer and teacher. She trained as an architect before doing a PhD on the coverage of architecture in the UK national press, and then going on to work as an architectural journalist. She now works as a freelance architectural writer and reviewer, and teaches a design to architectural students. She lives and works in London. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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