Topophilia and Topophobia by Xing Ruan

Topophilia and Topophobia by Xing Ruan

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Topophilia and Topophobia by Xing Ruan

Topophilia and Topophobia relates our love of a place and aversion to it to the human habitats of the twentieth century, presenting a comprehensive range of case studies and philosophical musings dealing with cities and architecture.

Xing Ruan is Professor of Architecture at the University of New South Wales and is the author of Allegorical Architecture (2006) and New China Architecture (2006). He has published on a wide range of topics concerning legible relations between humans and the built world in some of the world’s leading scholarly journals, as well as professional magazines in China and Australia.

Paul Hogben is a lecturer in architecture at the University of New South Wales. His research focuses on promotional politics and the discourse of architecture over the twentieth century. This research has been published in Architectural Theory Review and Fabrications, the journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand.

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ISBN 13 9780415403245
ISBN 10 0415403243
Title Topophilia and Topophobia
Author Xing Ruan
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 2007-11-20
Number of pages 246
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