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William J. Mitchell

World's Greatest Architect

Making, Meaning, and Network Culture

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Function and meaning in architecture and elsewhere, from tongue-in-cheek instructions for creating a surveillance state to reflections on the architecture of the potato chip.World's Greatest Architect: Making, Meaning, and Network Culture Artifacts (including works of architecture) play dual roles; they simultaneously perform functions and carry meaning. Columns support roofs, but while the sturdy Tuscan and Doric types traditionally signify masculinity, the slim and elegant Ionic and Corinthian kinds read as feminine. Words are often inscribed on objects. (On a door: push” or pull.”) Today, information is digitally encoded (dematerialized) a… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-262-26540-9
  • EAN: 9780262265409
  • Produktnummer: 27874947
  • Verlag: MIT Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
  • Seitenangabe: 168 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 465 KB

Über den Autor


William J. Mitchell was the Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr., Professor of Architecture and Media Arts and Sciences and directed the Smart Cities research group at MIT's Media Lab.

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