Architectural Bodies

Arie Graafland ; ed. by Michael Speaks

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Author(s)

Arie Graafland

Editor(s)

Michael Speaks

Publication, year

Rotterdam : 010 Publishers, 1996

Scope

131 Pages, illustrated, 23 cm.

ISBN

9064502897

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This book discusses the role played by the human body for four architects. The body has always been the standard for design: size, arrangement and proportion have been central issues. In current architecture things have changed dramatically: even the human size seems to be under discussion.

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Person as subject

Le Corbussier, Rem Koolhaas, Peter Eisenman, Daniel Libeskind.

Location

Cabinet 31 - 2: Lichaam en architectuur

Extra themes

Body and Architecture, Body and Space, Residents and the built environment ;