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“What Adrian Forty, a brilliant contemporary architectural historian, is trying to write here is what he calls the history of concrete as a medium of culture. Forty’s book is interesting, and I think crucial because it allows us to approach the aesthetic question from a different angle, through material and the material expression of architecture.” Read more...
The best books on Architecture and Aesthetics
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Cyprus 1957-1963: From Colonial Conflict to Constitutional Crisis
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The Metapolis Dictionary of Advanced Architecture: City, Technology and Society in the Information Age
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Summoned by Bells
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The Girl from Venice
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Architectural Judgement
by Peter Collins -
How Buildings Learn
by Stewart Brand
