THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE ILLUSIVE DISTANCE

Focusing on three secular institutional building types: libraries, museums, and cinemas, this book explores the intricate interplay between culture and architecture. It explores the cultural imperatives which have seen to the formation of these institutions, the d evelopment of their architecture, and their transformation over time.The relationship between culture and architecture is often perc eived as a monologic relationship. Architecture is seen to embody, represent and/or reflect the values, the beliefs, and the aesthet ic ideals...[Read more]