Buildings
Subtitle: between living time and rocky space
By: Paul Shepheard
Publisher: Circa
Published: 2016
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9780993072192
Subjects: Architecture; Philosophy; Buildings
Description: A building's only complete description is itself. Writing often intensifies the cloud that obscures buildings rather than dissipates it. So why do it? Two generations ago, architects had a real job to do, rebuilding cities shattered by war. It turned out to be more difficult than it looked. Now the grandchildren of those utopians have a different role, which is to rescue a world that is being turned by the media, the money men and the machines into a replica of itself. In this book Paul Shepheard takes a sideways look at this elusive task and finds himself writing an ode to buildings, which asks: What are they? When do they happen? And how are they used?
Notes: Includes index.