Reviews for Classic Readings in Architecture

The average rating for Classic Readings in Architecture based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-10-29 00:00:00 Marcina Blunn I really like an essay in this book called "The Pleasure of Architecture," written in 1977. Architectural theory can get hung up on form and function, the purpose of ornamentation or the other things that are more enjoyable than just the utility of good building design... Calling for more inclusion of the irrational, Tschumi discusses the sensual aspects of space through sexual analogy: transgression, limits, excess, seduction, play. My notes from college about the essay say things like "eroticism is pleasure of excess, not excess of pleasure, and architectural eroticism is a more subtle concept than saying skyscrapers are phallic. it’s the junction between space and concept brought to excessiveness by an architectural act." I live among buildings most of the time and I like thinking about these things.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-10-21 00:00:00 Justin Eddison Architecture not as spaces but as activity and potentials.