Thirteen Ways: Theoretical Investigations in Architecture

by Robert Harbison

Book Overview

In this discussion of architectural theory, the author offers a portrait of architecture in which use, symbol, and metaphor coexist. The author examines the subject with as few preconceptions as possible, taking familiar concepts and stripping away all associations to produce new interpretations.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026208256X
• ISBN13: 9780262082563
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 205 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

13 reasons

I wish I was clever enough to find 13 reasons to read this book, however it only takes one. It is the single most important that one can read to critically investigate the environment(s) that we live, work, and practice in. The author masterfully articulates 13 ways of doing, without limiting himself to style or functionality of space/ place. In a word it is brilliant!