Architecture and Abstraction

by Pier Vittorio Aureli

A landmark study of abstraction in architectural history, theory, and practice that challenges our assumptions about the meaning of abstract forms.

In this theoretical study of abstraction in architecture--the first of its kind--Pier Vittorio Aureli argues for a reconsideration of abstraction, its meanings, and its sources. Although architects have typically interpreted abstraction in formal terms--the purposeful reduction of the complexities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262545233
• ISBN13: 9780262545235
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.