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The First House
R. D. Dripps
其他書名
Myth, Paradigm, and the Task of Architecture
出版MIT Press, 1997
主題Architecture / GeneralArchitecture / CriticismArchitecture / Buildings / ResidentialArchitecture / History / General
ISBN02620416349780262041638
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=t_hPAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋In the first century BC, Vitruvius Pollio narrated a myth of the origins of dwelling. In a forest clearing, previously isolated and savage people gathered about the embers of a dying fire; from this gathering emerged political institutions, human language, and the construction of permanent shelters. This volume finds in this story the foundation of an extensive theory of architecture still able to offer guideposts for architectural practice. Against any tendency toward theoretical disengagement or self-referentiality, the author argues that architecture must continue to address important political, cultural, and ecological issues. Ultimately, the role of architecture is to provide the structures that enable us to interpret the world and make it habitable.