Buildings and Reality: Architecture in the Age of InformationCentre for the Study of American Architecture, School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin, 1988 - Architecture - 128 pages |
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Tom Shales The ReDecade | 18 |
ABSTRACTION IMAGINATION AND REALITY | 33 |
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aesthetic Ambasz American Academy architects artificial assert authenticity banal become Brakel building's Buildings and Reality built environment Caracol century Chichen Itza communication complex Conservatory construction continued conventional Coop Himmelblau culture Decade deconstruction decoration Derrida dominant dreams earth Egyptian pyramids El Caracol emptiness example experience exterior fiction function George Cserna Glenn Murcutt Heidegger horizontal human idea illusion images interior interpretation Karsten Harries landscape language Las Vegas Le Corbusier light living look material meaning meaningful media environment metaphor metaphysical metaphysics of presence Michael Benedikt modern Modernist movie Murcutt Museum narrative nature object painting Pei's pyramids Peter Eisenman physical plastic Postmodern Postmodern architecture presence Real Architecture realism relationship replay Robert Venturi sense shelter significance signs space story structure symbols television Texas at Austin things traditional truth University of Texas Vegas vertical walls