Baldwin, Peter J.
Ghost Stories: Architecture and the Intangible (Architectural Design)
- ISBN 13:
- 9781394185085
- author:
- Baldwin, Peter J.
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2024
- Pages:
- 136
- Dimensions:
- 27.4 x 21.3 x 0.8 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Arts & Photography
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Architecture has long been a repository for our myths and intangible narratives. However, in an age marked by digital dematerialisation and social institution destabilisation, its focus on physical, material aspects has led to a loss of its original purpose. This book explores the resurgence of interest in the ethereal and uncanny, framing the spectral as a deconstructive gesture that challenges binary logics. By examining architecture's long romance with the incorporeal, this publication aims to value, cultivate, and nurture latency, contingency, and indeterminacy - inherent characteristics of the architectural condition. Contributors from various fields bring together diverse perspectives on the topic, including featured architects and designers. The result is a catalyst for reevaluating our understanding of architecture's role in mediating between the tacit and tangible. Through its collection of work, this book seeks to develop new practices and positions from which to address contemporary uncertainties. With contributions from experts in the field, it offers a unique insight into the intersection of architecture and the intangible.
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