Ancient Wisdom and Modern Knowhow: Learning to Live with Uncertainty

by Robert Maxwell

Adept at moving between the examination of modern and contemporary architecture, art, literature and music, Robert Maxwell is a respected scholar whose critical writings articulate the role architecture plays in contemporary culture. In Ancient Wisdom And Modern Knowhow, Maxwell considers the notion of 'doubt' encountered by the modern architect. In ten chapters that draw upon writers and topics as diverse and engaging as Andre Malraux and his concept...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1908967145
• ISBN13: 9781908967145
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Artifice
• Length: 149 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.6" x 10.3"