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The Meaning of the Built Environment: A Nonverbal Communication Approach
Amos Rapoport
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Paperback. Discussing the meanings which buildings, their contents and their inhabitants convey, this book provides conclusions which can be used for architectural design. It introduces the notion that the environment influences our actions and our determinations of social order. Num Pages: 253 pages. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 306.
Rapoport is concerned with the meanings which buildings, their contents, and their inhabitants convey, and the conclusions which can be drawn therefrom for procedures of architectural design to satisfy the people who will ultimately live in these buildings...A challenging book on a subject that has had insufficient attention in the past.?Man and Environment ""Fills a significant gap: it introduces the notion of environmental meaning so clearly that no reader will doubt the basic premise that the environment holds meaning as part of a cultural system of symbols, and influences our actions and our determinations of social order.""?Design Book Review ""This ... Read more
Rapoport is concerned with the meanings which buildings, their contents, and their inhabitants convey, and the conclusions which can be drawn therefrom for procedures of architectural design to satisfy the people who will ultimately live in these buildings...A challenging book on a subject that has had insufficient attention in the past.?Man and Environment ""Fills a significant gap: it introduces the notion of environmental meaning so clearly that no reader will doubt the basic premise that the environment holds meaning as part of a cultural system of symbols, and influences our actions and our determinations of social order.""?Design Book Review ""This ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
253
Place of Publication
Tucson, United States
ISBN
9780816511761
SKU
V9780816511761
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Ref
99-1
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