Architectural Body

This manifesto is a verbal articulation of the authors' visionary theory of how the human body, architecture, and creativity define and sustain one another.

About the author

Shusaku Arakawa (July 6, 1936-May 18, 2010) was a Japanese artist and architect. He had a personal and artistic partnership with writer and artist Madeline Gins that spanned more than four decades.

Summary

Artist-architects Arakawa and Madeline Gins demonstrate the interconnectedness of innovative architectural design, the poetic process and philosophical enquiry. Their book promotes a deliberate use of architecture and design in dealing with the blight of the human condition.

Product details

• Authors: ""Arakawa"", "Arakawa", Arakawa, Shusaku Arakawa, Madeline Gins, Madeline/ Arakawa Gins
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2002
• EAN: 9780817311698
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-1169-8
• No. of pages: 120
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 222 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Modern & Contemporary Poetics; Modern & Contemporary Poetics; Modern and Contemporary Poetic
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Architecture, ARCHITECTURE / Criticism, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning