From Doxiadis'' Theory to Pikionis'' Work - Reflections of Antiquity in Modern Architecture

List of contents

List of figures Foreword by Maarten Delbeke Acknowledgement Abbreviations Introduction 1. Structures of vision 2. Ancient Greek optics and modern visual aesthetics 3. Seeing is knowing 4. Ancient communities 5. Built images – dream settings Conclusion – open horizons Bibliography Index

About the author

Kostas Tsiambaos is an Assistant Professor of the History of Architecture at the School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece. His research interests focus on the promotion and use of concepts and interpretive tools borrowed from philosophy, political theory and psychoanalysis in the history and theory of modern and contemporary architecture. His research has been published in international collective volumes and journals including the Journal of Architecture, ARQ and Architectural Histories.

Summary

In this book, Tsiambaos redefines the groundbreaking theory of Greek architect and town planner Constantinos A. Doxiadis (The Structure of Space in Greek Urbanism) and moves his thesis away from antiquity and ancient architecture, instead arguing that it can only be understood as a theory founded in modernity.

Product details

• Authors: Kostas Tsiambaos, Kostas (National Technical University o Tsiambaos
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9780367501921
• ISBN: 978-0-367-50192-1
• No. of pages: 228
• Series: Routledge Research in Architecture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Architecture, European History, Individual architects & architectural firms, ARCHITECTURE / General, The environment, Urban & municipal planning, History of Architecture, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Theory of architecture