Architecture in the Age of Divided Representation: The Question of Creativity in the Shadow of Production

by Dalibor Vesely

Book Overview

Reclaiming the humanistic role of architecture in the age of technology: an examination of architecture's indispensable role as a cultural force throughout history.

In this long-awaited work, Dalibor Vesely proposes an alternative to the narrow vision of contemporary architecture as a discipline that can be treated as an instrument or commodity. In doing so, he offers nothing less than an account of the ontological and cultural foundations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262720485
• ISBN13: 9780262720489
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 506 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher