本书为彼得·埃森曼的博士论文。通过从内部向普适性理念提出质疑，埃森曼的论文揭露了现代建筑的根本性困局(aporia)，进而迫使读者不汲汲于浅显易得的内容，而开始把关注点从图像化的建筑外观向下深入，深读建筑。像阅读文本一样阅读建筑，哪怕是不可避免地伴随着龃龉与支吾、繁复与缺漏、理屈与词穷，这无疑是在概念上和智识上批判性地破旧立新的第一步。埃森曼和罗的隐微对话贯穿于他的博士论文全篇，来往之间，他逐渐找到了一个远离核心的位置。就此而论，我们虽然在传统上被认为是西方建筑学的局外人，但也正因如此，反而受惠于旁观者的身份而有望施展同等水准的批判力量——不仅仅从西方建筑学的外部，更是在中国建筑学的内部。埃森曼在知识论断裂的破晓写就此文，而此时此刻的我们也身负同等紧迫的任务。有鉴于此，今天的我们在阅读本书的时候，必应背负着一种责任感。

本书为彼得·埃森曼的博士论文。通过从内部向普适性理念提出质疑，埃森曼的论文揭露了现代建筑的根本性困局(aporia)，进而迫使读者不汲汲于浅显易得的内容，而开始把关注点从图像化的建筑外观向下深入，深读建筑。像阅读文本一样阅读建筑，哪怕是不可避免地伴随着龃龉与支吾、繁复与缺漏、理屈与词穷，这无疑是在概念上和智识上批判性地破旧立新的第一步。埃森曼和罗的隐微对话贯穿于他的博士论文全篇，来往之间，他逐渐找到了一个远离核心的位置。就此而论，我们虽然在传统上被认为是西方建筑学的局外人，但也正因如此，反而受惠于旁观者的身份而有望施展同等水准的批判力量——不仅仅从西方建筑学的外部，更是在中国建筑学的内部。埃森曼在知识论断裂的破晓写就此文，而此时此刻的我们也身负同等紧迫的任务。有鉴于此，今天的我们在阅读本书的时候，必应背负着一种责任感。

This is a book about structures that shows students how to "see" structures as integral to architecture, and how knowledge of structures is the basis for understanding both the mechanical and conceptual aspects inherent to the art of building. Analyzing the structural principles behind many of the best known works of architecture from past and present alike, this book places th...(展开全部)

This is a book about structures that shows students how to "see" structures as integral to architecture, and how knowledge of structures is the basis for understanding both the mechanical and conceptual aspects inherent to the art of building. Analyzing the structural principles behind many of the best known works of architecture from past and present alike, this book places th...(展开全部)

Writing, according to Panayotis Tournikiotis, has always exerted a powerful influence on architecture. Indeed, the study of modern architecture cannot be separated from a fascination with the texts that have tried to explain the idea of a new architecture in a new society. During the last forty years, the question of the relationship of architecture to its history -- of buildin...(展开全部)

Writing, according to Panayotis Tournikiotis, has always exerted a powerful influence on architecture. Indeed, the study of modern architecture cannot be separated from a fascination with the texts that have tried to explain the idea of a new architecture in a new society. During the last forty years, the question of the relationship of architecture to its history -- of buildin...(展开全部)

Writing, according to Panayotis Tournikiotis, has always exerted a powerful influence on architecture. Indeed, the study of modern architecture cannot be separated from a fascination with the texts that have tried to explain the idea of a new architecture in a new society. During the last forty years, the question of the relationship of architecture to its history -- of buildin...(展开全部)