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BL
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952543
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b706913
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| Main Entry
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Harries, Karsten.
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| Title & Author
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The ethical function of architecture /\ Karsten Harries.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, Mass. :: MIT Press,, ©1997.
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xiii, 403 pages :: illustrations ;; 26 cm
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| ISBN
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0262082527
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: 026258171X
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: 9780262082525
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: 9780262581714
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 368-394) and index.
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| Abstract
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In a series of cogent and balanced arguments, Harries questions the premises on which architects and theorists have long relied - premises that have contributed to architecture's current identity crisis and marginalization. He first criticizes the aesthetic approach, focusing on the problems of decoration and ornament. He then turns to the language of architecture. If the main task of architecture is indeed interpretation, in just what sense can it be said to speak, and what should it be speaking about? Expanding on suggestions made by Martin Heidegger, Harries also considers the relationship of building to the idea and meaning of dwelling.
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Architecture, Harries observes, has a responsibility to community; but its ethical function is inevitably also political. He concludes by examining these seemingly paradoxical functions.
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Architecture-- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Architecture-- Philosophy.
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Architecture-- Aspect moral.
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Architecture-- Philosophie.
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Architecture-- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Architecture-- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Architecture-- Philosophy.
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Architecture-- Philosophy.
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Bouwkunst.
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Ethische aspecten.
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| Dewey Classification
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723/.1/04
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| LC Classification
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NA2500.H375 1997
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21.79bcl
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