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The Place of Silence: Architecture / Media / Philosophy

The Place of Silence: Architecture / Media / Philosophy

Dorrian, Mark
Kakalis, Christos

Hardcover

General Architecture

ISBN10: 1350076597
ISBN13: 9781350076594
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Feb 6 2020
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.31
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

The Place of Silence explores the poetics and politics of silence in architecture. Bringing together contributions by internationally recognized scholars in architecture and the humanities, it explores the diverse practices, affects, politics and cultural meanings of silence, silent places and silent buildings in historical and contemporary contexts.

What counts as silence in specific situations is highly relative, and the term itself carries complex and varied significations which make it a revealing field of study. Chapters explore a range of themes, from the apparent 'loss of silence' in the contemporary urban world; through designed silent spaces; to the forced silences of oppression, catastrophe, or technological breakdown. The book unfolds a rich and complementary array of perspectives which address - through the lens of architecture and place - questions of sound, atmosphere, and attunement, together building a volume which will form the key scholarly resource on architecture and silence.

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