Through thousands of years of evolution, features of the natural environment helped to mold human behavior. As social beings, early humans also found resonance with […]
Category: Architecture
Mimesis International offers a range of critical analyses that engage with the ongoing debates around architectural theory and production. Bringing together powerful interventions by leading intellectuals and architects, these portable volumes are as accessible as they are essential reading for anyone who wishes to enhance their knowledge in the field.
Evoking the New City. Milan from Post-World War II Reconstruction through the Economic Miracle
Evoking the New City investigates urban space and the meaning of ‘the new’ in Milan from the end of World War II and through the […]
Landscape by Signs
From architecture to landscape, the step was not short, like the jumping in scale in the perspective perception of spaces. For architecture, the view stopped […]
The Archetype of Wisdom. A Phenomenological Research on the Greek Temple
This book analyzes the rise of the earliest Greek temples through an innovative phenomenological approach, in which lived experiences are assumed as key tools of […]
Public Space
Public spaces have long been the object of countless studies. Yet, most of these have focused almost exclusively on the metropolitan setting, while neglecting the […]
Reducing Boundaries. Understanding Exclusion Through Security Defensive Systems in Wealthy Urban Areas
Reducing Boundaries offers a new perspective on an often under researched topic: what is the upper and middle classes perception of their own security? While […]
Peter Eisenman. In Dialogue with Architects and Philosophers
Peter Eisenman discusses with architects and philosophers: Jörg H. Gleiter (Germany), Kim Förster (Switzerland), Preston Scott Cohen (USA), Emmanuel Petit (USA), Mario Carpo (USA), Sarah […]
Millenium London. Of other spaces and the metropolis
This study explores different visions of contemporary London using the tools of cultural and literary studies and comparing works by Iain Sinclair and Will Self. […]