Buildings: Between Living Time and Rocky Space

by Paul Shepheard

Why write about buildings? Buildings are chunks of natural material, refashioned by humans and set down into place to stand as silent as the rocks and trees from which they were made. How can we describe that mute actuality? A building's only complete description is itself. Writing often intensifies the cloud that obscures buildings rather than dissipates it. So why do it? Two generations ago, architects had a real job to do, rebuilding cities shattered...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0993072194
• ISBN13: 9780993072192
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Circa
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.6" x 8.4"