Narrative architecture
In architecture, narrative prioritises human experiences and the need to shape them into stories. It places the emphasis on a building's meaning rather than performance. To architects, the enduring attraction of narrative is that it offers a way of engaging with the way a city feels and works. Rather than reducing architecture to a mere style or an overt emphasis on technology, it foregrounds how buildings are experienced. Since the early 1980s, many architects have used the term 'narrative' to…
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- Full title :Narrative architecture / Nigel Coates
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In architecture, narrative prioritises human experiences and the need to shape them into stories. It places the emphasis on a building's meaning rather than performance. To architects, the enduring attraction of narrative is that it offers a way of engaging with the way a city feels and works. Rather than reducing architecture to a mere style or an overt emphasis on technology, it foregrounds how buildings are experienced. Since the early 1980s, many architects have used the term 'narrative' to describe their work. Nigel Coates was at the forefront of this movement as one of the founders of NATO (Narrative Architecture Today) at the Architectural Association in London. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, he spearheaded narrative practice in the commercial world with designs for fashion retail, bars and nightclubs in London, Tokyo and Istanbul ...
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- Publication Date:2012
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- Publisher(s):Wiley
- Place of Publication:Chichester
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2012
Notes
Preface Chapter 1: The Long Perspective Chapter 2: Radical Terrain Chapter 3: NATO Chapter 4: Story Buildings: binary, sequence and biotopic narratives Chapter 5: Practice In Person Chapter 6: Pure 'Narrativity' Epilogue Bibliography Index Picture credits
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- Description:168 s. : : color illustrations ; : 22 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780470057445, 9780470057452, 0470057440, 0470057459, 9781119963202, 1119963206, 9781119963066, 1119963060, 9781119963073, 1119963079, 9781119943488, 1119943485
- oclc:ocn876435211
- LC Classification:NA2500
- Dewey Decimal:724
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