Immaterial architecture
By: Jonathan Hill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Architecture -- Philosophy.; Immaterialism (Philosophy); Building materials.
Description: "Immaterial Architecture explores the sometimes conflicting forces that draw architecture towards either the material or the immaterial. The book discusses the pressures on architecture and the architectural profession to respectively be solid matter and solid practice, and considers concepts that align architecture with the immaterial, such as the superiority of ideas over matter, command of drawing, and design of spaces and surfaces." "Focusing on immaterial architecture as the perceived absence of matter more than the actual absence of matter, Hill devises new means to explore the creativity of the user and the architect. Users decide whether architecture is immaterial, but architects, and any other architectural producers, create material conditions in which that decision can be made. In conclusion, Immaterial Architecture advocates an architecture that fuses the immaterial and the material, and considers its consequences, challenging preconceptions about architecture, its practice, purpose, matter and use." --Book Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.