0262082527 1997 The MIT Press. Fine/Near Fine. This hardcover copy, in a like new dustjacket with

0262082527 1997 The MIT Press. Fine/Near Fine. This hardcover copy, in a like new dustjacket with minimal scuffing, is in excellent condition. The text is unmarked and the binding is sturdy. "Winner of the 8th Annual AIA International Architecture Book Award for Criticism. Can architecture help us find our place and way in today's complex world? Can it return individuals to a whole, to a world, to a community? Developing Giedion's claim that contemporary architecture's main task is to interpret a way of life valid for our time, philosopher Karsten Harries answers that architecture should serve a common ethos. But if architecture is to meet that task, it first has to free itself from the dominant formalist approach, and get beyond the notion that its purpose is to produce endless variations of the decorated shed." 100% customer satisfaction guaranteed. We process and ship orders daily, securely and with delivery confirmation. The sale of this item benefits the Wichita Public Library.