Words and Buildings：A Vocabulary of Modern Architecture

Thisoriginalandthoughtfulstudyprovidesthefirstthoroughexaminationoftherelationshipbetweenarchitectureandlanguageascomplexsocialpractices.Thewordsweusewhenwetalkandwriteaboutarchitecturedescribemorethanjustbricksandmortar—theydirectthewayswethinkofandlivewithbuildings.Thisgroundbreakingbookisthefirstthoroughexaminationofthecomplexrelationshipbetweenarchitectureandlanguageasintricatesocialpractices.Sixrigorouslyarguedchaptersandavocabularyofkeytermsinvestigatethelanguageofmodernism;languageanddrawing;“masculineandfeminine”architecture;languagemetaphors;scienceinarchitecture;andthesocialpropertiesofarchitecture.216illustrations