Hornstein, Shelley.

Losing site architecture, memory and place txt Architecture, memory and place Shelley Hornstein. - xiii, 168 p. ill. 26 cm. book - Ashgate studies in architecture series .

Include index.

Include bibliography.

Introduction : losing site -- Marking site : Walter Benjamin was here -- Memorializing site : on the grounds of history -- Transporting site : postcards of Israel and nation-building -- Destroying site : houses and objects, inside out -- Curating site : museums, itineraries and networks beyond borders -- Erasing site : spies on the other side of the full moon -- Conclusion : finding site.

9781409408710 (hardback : alk. paper) 1409408710 (hardback : alk. paper) 1409408728 (ebook)

2011005821


Place (Philosophy) in architecture.
Memory--Social aspects.

NA2500 / H67 2011

720.1