The Inhabitable Flesh of Architecture

The Inhabitable Flesh of Architecture
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Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages : 278
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ISBN-10 : 1409469344
ISBN-13 : 9781409469346
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Book Synopsis The Inhabitable Flesh of Architecture by : Professor Marcos Cruz

Download or read book The Inhabitable Flesh of Architecture written by Professor Marcos Cruz and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-12-31 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today’s architecture has failed the body with its long heritage of purity of form and aesthetic of cleanliness. A resurgence of interest in flesh, especially in art, has led to a politics of abjection, completely changing traditional aesthetics, and is now giving light to an alternative discussion about the body in architecture. This book is dedicated to a future vision of the body in architecture, questioning the contemporary relationship between our Human Flesh and the changing Architectural Flesh.


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