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Patrick Malone (Arcitalia, Italy)

Architecture, Mentalities and Meaning

Patrick Malone (Arcitalia, Italy)

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English
Routledge
06 June 2017
Theory of architecture; Sociology
In order to function, architectural theory and practice must be shaped to suit current cultural, economic, and political forces. Thus, architecture embodies reductive logic that conditions the treatment of human and social processes – which raises the question of how to define objectivity for architectural mentalities that must conform to a set of immediate conditions.

This book focuses on meaning, and on the physical and mental processes that define life in built environments. The potential to draw knowledge from aesthetics, psychology, political economy, philosophy, geography, and sociology is offset by the fact that architectural logic is inevitably reductive, cultural, socio-economic, and political. However, despite the duty to conform, it is argued that the treatment of human processes, and the understanding of architectural mentalities, can benefit from interdisciplinary linkages, small freedoms, and cracks in a system of imperatives that can yield the means of greater objectivity.

This is valuable reading for students and researchers interested in architectural theory as a working reality, and in the relationships between architecture and other fields.
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Imprint:   Routledge
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 156mm, 
Weight:   589g
ISBN:   9781138056961
ISBN 10:   1138056960
Pages:   228
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Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  ELT Advanced ,  Primary
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Introduction 1 The rhetorical tradition 2 The elemental tradition 3 The nature of meaning 4 Ideas and sources 5 Architecture, idealism, and meaning 6 An imperfect future Conclusions

Patrick Malone is the founder of Arcitalia, Italy. As an academic, he has undertaken research into property capital, has championed urban design, and promoted the regeneration of neglected settlements in rural Italy. He is especially interested in architectural theory and practice, and in what they can gain from urban and academic disciplines.

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