PAUL SHEPHEARD—What is Architecture?—MIT Press PB—1994

Description: • For Your Consideration: • A VG / VG+ (Unread) 1994 Trade Paperback edition of: • “WHAT IS ARCHITECTURE? AN ESSAY ON LANDSCAPES, BUILDINGS, AND MACHINES” (The MIT Press, 1994) (Trade Paperback, Second Printing) • BY PAUL SHEPHEARD • ABOUT THIS TITLE: • “British architect and critic PAUL SHEPHEARD is a fresh new voice in current postmodern debates about the history and meaning of architecture. In this wonderfully unorthodox quasi-novelistic essay, complete with characters and dialogue (but no plot), Shepheard draws a boundary around the subject of architecture, describing its place in art and technology, its place in history, and its place in our lives now. At a time when it is fashionable to say that architecture is everything―from philosophy to science to art to theory―SHEPHEARD boldly and irreverently sets limits to the subject, so that we may talk about architecture for what it is. He takes strong positions, names the causes of the problems, and tells us how bad things are and how they can get better. Along the way he marshals some unlikely but plausible witnesses who testify about the current state of architecture. Instead of the usual claims or complaints by the usual suspects, these observations are of an altogether different order. Constructed as a series of fables, many of them politically incorrect, WHAT IS ARCHITECTURE? is a refreshing meditation on the options, hopes, possibilities, and failures of shelter in society.”—THE PUBLISHER • “This is one of the strangest and most enchanting books I have ever seen. It is like starting again; the same subject but seen with different eyes, told by different characters.” —ROBIN EVANS, HARVARD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN • “This is a brilliant book in every respect. It has wit, insight, provocative proposals for the future, and an eloquent use of language.” —JAMES WINES • “Sharp and remarkably clever…. Makes a real contribution to the discussion of architecture. SHEHEARD’s work gives a strong and positive sense of someone really thinking.” —ROBIN HARBISON • “A book that is refreshing and revealing. The author speaks sometimes in first person, something that many works of architectural theory shy away from, while the stories he tells blend history, fiction, and observation—a unique mélange.” —A WEEKLY DOSE OF ARCHITECTURAL BOOKS (BLOG) • “Given the sheer volume of intolerable turgidity, confusion and pretentiousness in architectural writing, this book is like a breath of fresh air in its regular-bloke-rambling style of writing.” —SAUL BOULSCHETT, AMAZON REVIEW • “A brilliant engrossing introduction to architecture. It made architecture accessible and understandable to me at the early stages of university.” —SATVINDER, GOODREADS REVIEW • • For other details about this book, please see below. • TITLE: “WHAT IS ARCHITECTURE? An Essay on Landscapes, Buildings, and Machines” AUTHOR: PAUL SHEPHEARDILLUSTRATIONS: A smattering of b&w photos TYPE: TRADE PAPERBACK PUBLISHER, LOCALE, & YEAR: The MIT Press (Cambridge, Mass.), 1994 EDITION: Second Printing* *RE: On the Copyright Page, the statement “Second Printing, 1994.” PAGES: 131ISBN: 0-262-69166-3 NOTE: THIS BOOK is not an ex-library copy nor a Book-of-the-Month-Club edition.CONDITION OF BOOK: VERY GOOD / VERY GOOD PLUS. Book is square. Covers/wraps are bright & clean though there are light but persistent scratching on the sides. The corners are rubbed & the bottom corner area of the front lifts upward, which is usually a sign that a book has been thoroughly read. Despite that, THIS COPY LOOKS UNREAD as: the spine is tight & uncreased with only lightly bumped tips & the text-block edges & endpapers are fine. 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