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Author: Denise Costanzo (Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, USA)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.657kg
ISBN: 9780415739030
ISBN 10: 0415739039
Pages: 300
Publication Date: 21 August 2015
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Inclusive, richly conceived, visually and substantively informative-Denise Costanzo presents the beginning student of architecture with a deft presentation that weaves history and theory into a compelling saga that will both fascinate and inspire. - Harry Francis Mallgrave, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Illinois Institute of Technology, USAã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã What Architecture Means provides a three-dimensional view of the people, places, and powers of architecture-from its fundamental roles to its highest ambitions. Costanzo interweaves technical and pragmatic matters with aesthetics and ethics, provoking an exploration of the reader's own architectural interests, values, and aspirations. - Korydon Smith, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, USA Approachable and engaging, What Architecture Means offers readers the conceptual tools to investigate their own built environment and decide for themselves what architecture really means, and what it could aspire to for the future. - A. Krista Sykes, PhD, author of The Architecture Reader and Constructing A New Agenda, Cambridge, USA While most books on architecture tend to illuminate the subject by means of illustrations and descriptive texts alone, Denise Costanzo's profoundly revealing approach explores how conceptual thinking in design impacts on the final results. What Architecture Means looks at buildings and spaces from their sources of inspiration, the designer's intent, the culture's evaluation, and the user's response. This is an essential book for anyone who is curious about how human habitat is conceived and its significance. - James Wines, President of SITE New York and Professor of architecture at Penn State University, USA
Inclusive, richly conceived, visually and substantively informative-Denise Costanzo presents the beginning student of architecture with a deft presentation that weaves history and theory into a compelling saga that will both fascinate and inspire. - Harry Francis Mallgrave, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA What Architecture Means provides a three-dimensional view of the people, places, and powers of architecture-from its fundamental roles to its highest ambitions. Costanzo interweaves technical and pragmatic matters with aesthetics and ethics, provoking an exploration of the reader's own architectural interests, values, and aspirations. - Korydon Smith, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, USA
Author Information
Denise Costanzo is an assistant professor of architecture at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA. During 2014-2015 she was the American Academy in Rome’s Marian and Andrew Heiskell Post-Doctoral Rome Prize Fellow in Modern Italian Studies.
