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The Architecture Of Deconstruction : derrida's haunt / Mark Wigley.

By: Language: English Publication details: London. Mit Press. 1995.Description: xv, 278 p. ; 22.5 cmISBN:
  • 9780262731140
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 720.1 WIG
Summary: Nowhere, Mark Wigley asserts, are the stakes higher for deconstruction than in architecturearchitecture is the Achilles' heel of deconstructive discourse, the point of vulnerability upon which all of its arguments depend. In this book Wigley redefines the question of deconstruction and architecture. By locating the architecture already hidden within deconstructive discourse, he opens up more radical possibilities for both architecture and deconstruction, offering a way of rethinking the institution of architecture while using architecture to rethink deconstructive discourse.
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Reference Reference Anna Centenary Library 6TH FLOOR, B WING 720.1 WIG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 462580

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Nowhere, Mark Wigley asserts, are the stakes higher for deconstruction than in architecturearchitecture is the Achilles' heel of deconstructive discourse, the point of vulnerability upon which all of its arguments depend. In this book Wigley redefines the question of deconstruction and architecture. By locating the architecture already hidden within deconstructive discourse, he opens up more radical possibilities for both architecture and deconstruction, offering a way of rethinking the institution of architecture while using architecture to rethink deconstructive discourse.

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