Architectural Aesthetics: Appreciating Architecture as an Art

by Edward Winters

The fine arts are traditionally seen to have intrinsic value: that is, they are valuable in themselves. But this poses a problem for architecture: its works are designed to serve our purposes, and therefore it is classed as functional. Carving out a new space, Edward Winters argues why architecture is a fine art and finds a place for the fine art of architecture in the cultural environment in which we structure our lives.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350211001
• ISBN13: 9781350211001
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.5"