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Sticks, stones and the bones of a concept

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Christopher Platt
Christopher Platt
Affiliation:
Department of Architecture and Building DesignUniversity of Strathclyde131 RottenrowGlasgow G3 ONG, United Kingdom
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Extract

The relationship between the creation and experience of architecture is a little discussed topic. If architectural ideas are only fully understood with the illumination of construction, what are the implications of teaching architectural design in the academic studio? Linked to this is the issue of time: how do materials weather and age and how in this youth-obsessed era (in both architectural society as well as society generally) can we rediscover the importance (and beauty) of building buildings which are enhanced as they grow old. Three small (in one case tiny) built projects are examined to consider these relationships.

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Design
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arq: Architectural Research Quarterly , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , March 2000 , pp. 40 - 54
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2000

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