Damisch avec architecture

Damisch finds solace in the fact that a building, like a painted image, can be a cloud, formless yet structured and technologically sound, an architecture that speaks its own internal contradictions. The fatal disjunction of architecture is that it is at once an art, judged by all the criteria of a...

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Published in:Oxford art journal 2005-01, Vol.28 (2), p.204-211
Main Author: Vidler, Anthony
Format: Article
Language:eng
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Summary:Damisch finds solace in the fact that a building, like a painted image, can be a cloud, formless yet structured and technologically sound, an architecture that speaks its own internal contradictions. The fatal disjunction of architecture is that it is at once an art, judged by all the criteria of a disinterested aesthetic, and a function, judged by all the criteria of social interest.
ISSN:0142-6540
1741-7287