Grinceri, Daniel,

Architecture as cultural and political discourse : case studies of conceptual norms and aesthetic practices / Daniel Grinceri - viii, 212 pages ; 24 cm - Routledge research in architecture . - Routledge research in architecture .

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Western Australia, 2011

Includes bibliographical references and index

Architecture as cultural and political discourse -- Meaning and the death of architecture -- Statements on architecture : meaning and determinism in the Athens Charters -- Aesthetics and politics : the building of Nazi Germany -- The camp and the resort : the exclusion and inclusion associated with 'bare life' -- Spatial contestation and suburban riots -- The architecture of indefinite and mandatory detention -- Architecture and ethics : competition for the Christmas Island Detention Centre

9781138916807 1138916803

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Case studies.

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