Main entry:

Portzamparc, Christian de, 1944-

Title & Author:

Writing and seeing architecture / Christian de Portzamparc and Philippe Sollers ; translated by Catherine Tihanyi ; foreword by Deborah Hauptmann.

Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2008.

Description:

xv, 137 pages ; 21 cm

Notes:
Translated from the French.
"Originally published as Voir écrire, ©2003 by Callmann-Lévy"--Title page verso.
"Originally published as Voir écrire, c2003 by Callmann-Lévy"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-137).
Destruction -- Can we think without language? -- The power of dreams -- Passion fixe -- "Manufacturability" -- Adventure of language, time, body -- Memories/sleep -- Intervention/Cézanne -- Afterword : for the musicians!

Summary:

The creative forms of literature & architecture appear to be distinct, one constructing a world on the page, the other producing the world in which we live. It is a conscious act to read literature, but the effects of architecture can pass by unnoticed.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780816645671 (hc ; alk. paper)
0816645671 (hc ; alk. paper)
9780816645688 (pb ; alk. paper)
081664568X (pb ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Architecture and society.
Architecture, Modern 20th century Philosophy.
Literature and society.
Architecture et société.
Architecture 20e siècle Philosophie.
Littérature et société.
Architecture, Modern Philosophy.
Arkitektur och samhälle.
Arkitektur teori, filosofi.
Litteratur och samhälle.

Added entries:

Sollers, Philippe, 1936-2023
Sollers, Philippe, 1936-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 256679
Call No.: BIB 187085
Status: Available