The Familiar and the Unfamiliar in Twentieth-Century Architecture

by Jean La Marche

This ambitious study uses the concept of the familiar and the avant-garde practice of defamiliarization to reexamine some of the most important buildings of the twentieth century. In approaching the history of twentieth-century Western architecture from the perspective of the architectural subject--the person architects imagine experiencing their work--Jean La Marche reveals new insights into the ways humans are imagined in relation to architecture...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252075617
• ISBN13: 9780252075612
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 9.5"