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“Abramson asks his reader to think in more complex way about the motivation of a given aesthetic approach within architecture. In his work, the aesthetic approach is not just an experiential encounter with the building. He’s thinking about the way in which judgements and assessments and decisions about materials are being combined with decisions about form and formal arrangements.” Read more...
The best books on Architecture and Aesthetics
Timothy Hyde, Architects & Architectural Historian
Our most recommended books
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The Four Books on Architecture (I quattro libri dell'architettura)
by Andrea Palladio -
Scheming: A Social History of Glasgow Council Housing, 1919-1956
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The Culture of Food
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Post-Modern Buildings in Britain
by Elain Harwood & Geraint Franklin -
Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism
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Imagined Communities
by Benedict Anderson