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Poetics of Architecture: Theory of Design

ISBN: 978-0-471-28530-4
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320 pages
November 1992
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INTANGIBLE CHANNELS TO ARCHITECTURAL CREATIVITY.

The Process of Creativity.

Metaphor.

Paradoxes and Metaphors: Channels to Creativity.

The Channel of Transformations.

The Obscure: Primordial and Untouched.

Poetry and Literature.

The Exotic and Multicultural.

TANGIBLE CHANNELS TO ARCHITECTURAL CREATIVITY.

History, Historicism, and the Study of Precedents.

Mimesis and Literal Interpretation.

Geometry and Creativity.

Focus on Materials.

The Role of Nature in Architectural Creativity.

Creativity through Association with Other Arts and Artists.

Architectural Biographies as a Means to All-Inclusive Creativity.

Epilogue.

Index.

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