Contradiction Between Form and Function in Architecture

<p>Continuing the themes that have been addressed in <i>The Humanities in Architectural Design</i> and <i>The Cultural Role of Architecture</i> this book illustrates the important role that a contradiction between form and function plays in compositional strategies in architecture. The contradiction between form and function is seen as a device for poetic expression for the expression of ideas in architecture.</p><p>Here the role of the terms form and function are analyzed throughout the history of architecture and architectural theory from Vitruvius to the present with particular emphasis on twentieth-century functionalism. Historical examples are given from Ancient Classical Islamic Christian Byzantine Gothic Renaissance Mannerist and Neoclassical architecture and from movements in the twentieth century to the present. </p><p>In addition philosophical issues such as lineamenti Vorstellung différance dream construction deep structure and surface structure topology theory self-generation and immanence are explored in relation to the compositions and writings of architects throughout history. </p><p>This book contributes to the project of re-establishing architecture as a humanistic discipline to re-establish an emphasis on the expression of ideas and on the ethical role of architecture to engage the intellect of the observer and to represent human identity.</p>