The Architectural Uncanny: Essays in the Modern Unhomely

by Anthony Vidler

Book Overview

Anthony Vidler interprets contemporary buildings and projects in light of the resurgent interest in the uncanny as a metaphor for a fundamentally "unhomely" modern condition.

The Architectural Uncanny presents an engaging and original series of meditations on issues and figures that are at the heart of the most pressing debates surrounding architecture today. Anthony Vidler interprets contemporary buildings and projects in light of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262720183
• ISBN13: 9780262720182
• Release Date: March 1994
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher