{"product_id":"essays-on-architecture-and-city-planning-9783038600206","title":"Essays on Architecture and City Planning","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Hermann Czech | Elise Feiersinger\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Park Publishing (WI)\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Park Publishing (WI)\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVery few architects are equally prolific in theory and design, and Austrian Hermann Czech is one of those few. Over the course of six decades, he has created a widely recognized body of built work while also developing a unique architectural theory based on his knowledge of philosophy and architectural history. \u003ci\u003eEssays on Architecture and City Planning \u003c\/i\u003emakes his influential ideas finally available to an English-language audience. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In these essays, collected from throughout Czech's career, he analyzes mannerism and calls attention to underestimated works of architecture. He also delves into his own ambivalent relationship to modernism. Of particular significance are the essays focused on Czech's appeal to embrace reason over style. In addition, Czech reveals his engagement with the work of Hegel, Kant, Wittgenstein, and Adorno as applied to architectural topics. Throughout, Czech showcases his commitment to developing precise terminology to advance architectural dialogues while rooting these dialogues in the larger history of ideas. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Park Publishing (WI)","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47889305338007,"sku":"9783038600206","price":2072.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783038600206.webp?v=1781175587","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/essays-on-architecture-and-city-planning-9783038600206","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}