Architecture

Architecture (Latin architectura, from the Greek ἀρχιτέκτων – arkhitekton, from ἀρχι- "chief" and τέκτων "builder, carpenter, mason") is both the process and product of planning, designing, and construction, usually of buildings and other physical structures. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural symbols and as works of art. Historical civilizations are often identified with their surviving architectural achievements. ...more

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Philosophy of the Home: Domestic Space and Happiness (Italian Edition)
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A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
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The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
The Ten Books on Architecture
Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture
In Praise of Shadows
Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan
The Image of the City
Modern Architecture: A Critical History

Erik Pevernagie
We are sometimes astounded by the behavior of emotional outlaws, as they act in line with their own standards, but proceed like bulls-in-a-china-shop, create one heck of a mess in their living environment and bring about shocking disturbing dissensions, ever since their inner construction clashes with our emotional architecture. (“Disruption”)
Erik Pevernagie

Erik Pevernagie
Many like to suffer, and for some, suffering can be a kind of artistic expression that challenges people and defies them with their limits, and, so, pain can be a shot to recognize the architecture and the workings of their being. (“ Rooting, hogging or... dying”)
Erik Pevernagie

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