Architectural agents : the delusional, abusive, addictive lives of buildings

Buildings are not benign; rather, they commonly manipulate and abuse their human users. 'Architectural Agents' makes the case that buildings act in the world independently of their makers, patrons, owners, or occupants. And often they act badly. Treating buildings as bodies, Annabel Jane W...

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Main Author: Wharton, Annabel Jane (Author)
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press , 2016
Subjects:
Architektur
Gebäude
Faktor Mensch
Online Access:http://kunst.proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/fid/upso-ebooks-art/dx.doi.org/10.5749/minnesota/9780816693382.001.0001
Related Items:Erscheint auch als: Architectural agents
Author Notes:Annabel Jane Wharton
E-Book Packages:Oxford University Press : Minnesota Scholarship Online / Architecture
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Summary:Buildings are not benign; rather, they commonly manipulate and abuse their human users. 'Architectural Agents' makes the case that buildings act in the world independently of their makers, patrons, owners, or occupants. And often they act badly. Treating buildings as bodies, Annabel Jane Wharton writes biographies of symptomatic structures in order to diagnose their pathologies.
Physical Description:Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
ISBN:9781452950853

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