{"product_id":"words-and-buildings-a-vocabulary-of-modern-architecture","title":"Words and Buildings: A Vocabulary of Modern Architecture","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe words we use when we talk and write about architecture describe more than just bricks and mortar--they indicate the ways we think of and live with buildings. This original and thoughtful study provides the first thorough examination of the relationship between architecture and language as complex social practices. The first section of the book consists of six rigorously argued essays that investigate the language of modernism  language and drawing  \"masculine and feminine\" architecture  language metaphors  science in architecture  and the social properties of architecture. The second part provides a vocabulary of key words  providing rich analyses of critical terms such as Character  Form  History  and Space. Each investigation locates a words modern meaning within a framework of historical enquiry and theoretical discussion  setting out clearly the terms invention and treatment by architects  historians  philosophers  critics  and the people who actually use buildings. This wholly original study changes and enriches the way we think and talk about architecture  and will prove indispensable to anyone concerned with architecture and culture in the modern era.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44985921044533,"sku":"ByrdShop_0500341729","price":316.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780500341728.jpg?v=1770877391","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/words-and-buildings-a-vocabulary-of-modern-architecture","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}