Ebook: Introducing Architectural Theory: Debating a Discipline

Cover; INTRODUCING ARCHITECTURAL THEORY: DEBATING A DISCIPLINE; Copyright; Table of Contents; Preface; TO EDUCATORS: THE IMPETUS FOR THIS BOOK; Acknowledgments; List of Sources; Part 1 DEBATE in ARCHITECTURE; Introduction: TO STUDENTS: WHY ARCHITECTURAL THEORY IS VITAL; THEORY IN ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION; DEFINING ARCHITECTURAL THEORY; THE STRUCTURE OF THIS BOOK; THE FUTURE OF ARCHETECTURAL THEORY; Debating a Discipline: ARCHITECTURE, ARGUMENT, AND THE CONCEPT OF THE DIALECTIC; THE ASPIRATIONS OF ARCHITECTS; THE CONCEPT OF THE DIALECTIC; DIALECTICS: A FEW EXAMPLES; DIALECTICS IN ARCHITECTURE.;Presents common architectural subjects as though they were conversations across history between theorists by providing you with the original text, a reflective text, and a philosophical text.