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When Buildings Speak
Anthony Alofsin
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Description for When Buildings Speak
hardcover. Explores the architecture of the late Austro-Hungarian Empire and its successor states. This work shows that several different styles emerged in this milieu during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It contends that each of these styles communicates to us in a manner resembling language and its particular means of expression. Num Pages: 300 pages, 158 colour plates, 52 halftones. BIC Classification: AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 283 x 222 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1660.
In "When Buildings Speak", Anthony Alofsin explores the rich yet often overlooked architecture of the late Austro-Hungarian Empire and its successor states. He shows that several different styles emerged in this milieu during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Moreover, he contends that each of these styles communicates to us in a manner resembling language and its particular means of expression.Covering a wide range of buildings - from national theaters to crematoria, apartment buildings to warehouses, and sanatoria to postal savings banks - Alofsin proposes a new way of interpreting this language. He calls on viewers to read buildings ... Read more
In "When Buildings Speak", Anthony Alofsin explores the rich yet often overlooked architecture of the late Austro-Hungarian Empire and its successor states. He shows that several different styles emerged in this milieu during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Moreover, he contends that each of these styles communicates to us in a manner resembling language and its particular means of expression.Covering a wide range of buildings - from national theaters to crematoria, apartment buildings to warehouses, and sanatoria to postal savings banks - Alofsin proposes a new way of interpreting this language. He calls on viewers to read buildings ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226015064
SKU
V9780226015064
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About Anthony Alofsin
Anthony Alofsin is the Roland Gommel Roessner Centennial Professor of Architecture and professor of art and art history at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of Frank Lloyd Wright: The Lost Years, 1910-1922 and The Struggle for Modernism: Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and City Planning at Harvard. He is also the editor of Frank Lloyd Wright: Europe ... Read more
Reviews for When Buildings Speak
"The book itself as a production is spectacular." - David Dunster, Architectural Review"