Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: The Architecture of the Illusive Presence; 1 Architecture, In Theory; The Theory; The Beautiful; The Remedy; The Text; Notes; 2 On the Border of the Beautiful; The Transgression; The Assimilation; The Insertion; Notes; Part II: The Architecture of the Illusive Distance; 3 The Logic of Encampment; The Library; The Pharmacy; The Campus; Notes; 4 The Spatial Dialectics of Authenticity; The Collection; The Debate; The Dispersion; The Catharsis; Notes; 5 The Architecture of the Illusive Distance; The More is Less
The Borrowed SpacesThe Place Elsewhere; The Imaginary Places; The Imagined Places; The Unimagined Imaginary; Notes; 6 The Epilogue; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Focusing on three secular, institutional building types: libraries, museums and cinemas, this book explores the intricate interplay between culture and architecture. It explores the cultural imperatives which have seen to the formation of these institutions, the development of their architecture, and their transformations over time
