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Author Younés, Samir.

Title The imperfect city : on architectural judgment / Samir Younés, University of Notre Dame, USA
Published Burlington, VT : Ashgate Publishing Company, [2012]
Farnham Ashgate, [2012]
©2012

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Description viii, 255 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Contents Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE EXTERNAL CRITERIA FOR ARCHITECTURAL JUDGMENT -- 1.Architectural Judgment Based on History, Part 1 -- 2.Architectural Judgment Based on History, Part 2 -- 3.Architectural Judgment Based on History, Part 3 -- 4.On the Nature of Modernity -- 5.Political Content and Architectural Form -- 6.Desire, Imitation, and Conflict -- pt. TWO INTERNAL CRITERIA FOR ARCHITECTURAL JUDGMENT THE FACES OF CHARACTER -- 7.Architectural Expression: Form, Quality, and Purpose -- 8.Character, Imitation, and Invention: A Discussion of Three Historic Moments -- 9.The Limits of Architectural Expression
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-250) and index
Subject Architectural design -- Evaluation.
Architectural criticism.
Architecture -- Philosophy.
LC no. 2012004146
ISBN 9781409446675 (hardback)
1409446670 (hardback)