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Karsten Harries provides a new and long-overdue reading of Martin Heidegger's well-known essay "Building Dwelling Thinking." Donald Kunze and Stephen Parcell consider possibilities of meaningful architectural space for a visual culture, continuing themes they addressed in Chora 1. Further reflections on the spaces of literature, cinema, and architecture include an interview with French writer and film maker Alain Robbe-Grillet and articles by Dagmar Motycka Weston on the surrealist city, Tracey Eve Winton on the museum as a paradigmatic modern building, and Terrance Galvin on spiritual space in the works of Jean Cocteau. Jean-Pierre Chupin and Bram Ratner explore historical themes in their essays on French Renaissance architect Philibert de l'Orme and the Jewish myth of the Golem. Gregory Caicco addresses ethical questions in his essay on the Greek agora and the death of Socrates, as does Lily Chi in her meditation on the critical issue of use in architectural works. A concern with architectural representation and generative strategies for the making of architecture is present throughout, especially in the essay by Joanna Merwood on the provocative House by British artist Rachel Whiteread.

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Book category Books in English The arts Architecture Theory of architecture

• Full title: Chora 2
• Subtitle: Intervals in the Philosophy of Architecture
• Author: Alberto Perez-Gomez, Stephen Parcel
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 336
• EAN: 9780773514065
• ID: 04917465
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Weight: 603 g
• Dimensions: 226 × 168 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. June 1996

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