Architecture: A Very Short Introduction by Andrew Ballantyne Groundswell Speaker 2024 Hodder & StoughtonISBN: 9781529392647Extent: 320

Hodder & StoughtonISBN: 9781529392647Extent: 320 pages

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Architecture: A Very Short Introduction by Andrew Ballantyne Groundswell Speaker 2024 Hodder & StoughtonISBN: 9781529392647Extent: 320This highly original and sophisticated look at architecture helps us to understand the cultural significance of the buildings that surround us. It avoids the traditional style spotting approach in favour of giving an idea of what it is about buildings that moves us, and what it is that makes them important artistically and culturally. The book begins by looking at how architecture acquires meaning through tradition, and concludes with the exoticism of