- Paperback: 214 pages
- Publisher: MIT Press; New edition edition (2 Sep 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0262581701
- ISBN-13: 978-0262581707
- Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 13.3 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 401,928 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"There is more poetic truth in this agile prose, these vivid, metaphorical descriptions and surprising juxtapositions than any amount of scholarly research could possibly unearth." Colin Davis , The Architectural Review
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In this book, Robert Harbison offers a novel interpretation of what architectural theory might look like. The title is an echo of Wallace Stevens's "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird." Like the poem, Harbison's work is a composite structure built of oblique meanings and astonishing shifts that add up to an engaging portrait--in this case a portrait of architecture in which use, symbol, and metaphor coexist.The chapter titles indicate Harbison's themes, all of which bear parallel, implied, or tangential relations to architecture: Sculpture, Machines, the Body, Landscape, Models, Ideas, Politics, the Sacred, Subjectivity, and Memory. The journey through the chapters is roughly a journey from the physical to the metaphysical, a journey that is at once poetic, technical, and philosophical. Harbison examines his subjects with as few preconceptions as possible, taking familiar concepts and stripping away all associations until they become strange, producing ideas that are refreshing and new for architecture. The book straddles the ground between the intellect and the senses, leading the reader beyond the realm of theory and practice into the universe of the imagination, where "space" is experienced as something touched, seen, and thought.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Harbison has divided his prose in ten distinct chapters, from the most physical towards the most spiritual:
1. Sculpture, 3;
2. Machines, 25;
3. The Body, 45;
4. Landscape, 63;
5. Models, 83;
6. Ideas, 101;
7. Politics, 121;
8. The Sacred, 139;
9. Subjectivity, 159;
10. Memory, 175
In each theme, Harbison gathers various buildings and monuments to speculate on the theme.
It might be inspiring to some readers, and irritating to some others. Conveniently, it reads very well, and it is rather shortly written.
1. Sculpture, 3;
2. Machines, 25;
3. The Body, 45;
4. Landscape, 63;
5. Models, 83;
6. Ideas, 101;
7. Politics, 121;
8. The Sacred, 139;
9. Subjectivity, 159;
10. Memory, 175
In each theme, Harbison gathers various buildings and monuments to speculate on the theme.
It might be inspiring to some readers, and irritating to some others. Conveniently, it reads very well, and it is rather shortly written.
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22 Oct 2001
Format:Paperback
I wish I was clever enough to find 13 reasons to read this book, however it only takes one. It is the single most important that one can read to critically investigate the environment(s) that we live, work, and practice in. The author masterfully articulates 13 ways of doing, without limiting himself to style or functionality of space/ place. In a word it is brilliant!
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