Living with Buildings - Iain Sinclair
On Health and Architecture
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KORTE INHOUD
We shape ourselves, and are shaped in return, by the walls that contain us. Buildings affect how we sleep, work, socialise and even breathe. They can isolate and endanger us but they can also heal us. We project our hopes and fears onto buildings, while they absorb our histories. In Living With Buildings, Iain Sinclair embarks on a series of expeditions - through London, Marseille, Mexico and the Outer Hebrides. He explores the relationship between sickness and structure, and between art, architecture, social planning and health, taking plenty of detours along the way. Walking is Sinclair's defensive magic against illness and, as he moves, he observes his surroundings: stacked tower blocks and behemoth estates; halogen-lit glasshouse offices and humming hospitals; the blackened hull of a Spitalfields church and the floating mass of Le Corbusier's radiant city. And he peels back layers of life. A father and his daughter, who has a rare syndrome, visit the estate where they once lived. Developers clink champagn...
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2018Uitgever: Faber and Faber208 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 1788160460ISBN-13: 9781788160469Koop dit boek tweedehands
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2018, hardcover with dust jacket, good copy [Auteur: Iain Sinclair] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Profile Books Ltd] [Jaar: 2018] [Titel: Living with Buildings / And Walking with Ghosts - On Health and Architecture]
