Aesthetics of Architecture: Philosophical Investigations into the Art of Building

By some of the top philosophers in the field of aesthetics as well as those in the architectural profession, essays in this book related architecture to other artforms such as photography. literature and painting.

relates architecture to other artforms such as photography, literature and painting
contains essays by some of the world's top philosophers
works with a diversity of architectural concepts and issues
philosophical discussions are generated by professionally designed architectural projects as well as vernacular ones
extends the bounds of architectural issues presently discussed by philosophers

Chapter 1. Introduction (David Goldblatt and Roger Paden).

Chapter 2. The Philosophy of Architecture (Paul Guyer Kant).

Chapter 3. Fact and Function in Architectural Criticism (Glenn Parsons).

Chapter 4. On Aesthetics and Function in Architecture: The Case of the "Spectacle" Art Museum (Larry Shiner).

Chapter 5. Architecture, Life, and Habit (Andrew Ballantyne).

Chapter 6. Fantastic Architecture: Lessons of Laputa and the Unbearable Lightness of Our Architecture (Karsten Harries).

Chapter 7. A Dance to the Music of Architecture (Edward Winters).

Chapter 8. Complicating Heidegger and the Truth of Architecture (Travis T. Anderson).

Chapter 9. Imaginary Placements: The Other Space of Cinema (Amir Ameri).

Chapter 10. The Urban "Photogénie" of Architainment (Jennifer Burris).

Chapter 11. The Aesthetics of Space: Modern Architecture and Photography (Filip Mattens).

Chapter 12. Werning Can Buildings Quote? (Remei Capdevila).

Chapter 13. Reading Mosques: Meaning and Architecture in Islam (Jale Nejdet Erzen).

Chapter 14. The Aesthetics of Hanoi's Architecture: Sense of Place through the Eyes of Local Painters (Dinh Quoc Phuong and Derham Groves).

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