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Eros, as first imagined by the early lyric poets of classical Greece, is the invisible force at the root of our capacity to create and comprehend the poetic image. Pérez-Gómez examines the nature of architectural form in the light of eros, seduction, and the tradition of the poetic image in Western architecture. He charts the ethical dimension of architecture, tracing the connections between philia--the love of friends that entails mutual responsibility among equals--and architectural program. He explores the position of architecture at the limits of language and discusses the analogical language of philia in modernist architectural theory. Finally, he uncovers connections between ethics and poetics, describing a contemporary practice of architecture under the sign of love, incorporating both eros and philia.]]> 255602 2 247722 14 4 2006 Built upon Love: Architectural Longing after Ethics and Aesthetics total:6|5:4|4:1|3:1| 6 27 20 1 149371 3.95 21 5 453869 3413 255602 0262162385 9780262162388 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734m/255602.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734s/255602.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255602.Built_upon_Love_Architectural_Longing_after_Ethics_and_Aesthetics 4.50 6 Built upon Love Pérez-Gómez uncovers the relationship between love and architecture in order to find the points of contact between poetics and ethics--between the architect's wish to design a beautiful world and architecture's imperative to provide a better place for society.

Eros, as first imagined by the early lyric poets of classical Greece, is the invisible force at the root of our capacity to create and comprehend the poetic image. Pérez-Gómez examines the nature of architectural form in the light of eros, seduction, and the tradition of the poetic image in Western architecture. He charts the ethical dimension of architecture, tracing the connections between philia--the love of friends that entails mutual responsibility among equals--and architectural program. He explores the position of architecture at the limits of language and discusses the analogical language of philia in modernist architectural theory. Finally, he uncovers connections between ethics and poetics, describing a contemporary practice of architecture under the sign of love, incorporating both eros and philia.]]> 2006 5 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Mar 27 14:33:45 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 17:10:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 68870023 178598 255602 0262162385 9780262162388 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734m/255602.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734s/255602.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255602.Built_upon_Love_Architectural_Longing_after_Ethics_and_Aesthetics 4.50 6 Built upon Love Pérez-Gómez uncovers the relationship between love and architecture in order to find the points of contact between poetics and ethics--between the architect's wish to design a beautiful world and architecture's imperative to provide a better place for society.

Eros, as first imagined by the early lyric poets of classical Greece, is the invisible force at the root of our capacity to create and comprehend the poetic image. Pérez-Gómez examines the nature of architectural form in the light of eros, seduction, and the tradition of the poetic image in Western architecture. He charts the ethical dimension of architecture, tracing the connections between philia--the love of friends that entails mutual responsibility among equals--and architectural program. He explores the position of architecture at the limits of language and discusses the analogical language of philia in modernist architectural theory. Finally, he uncovers connections between ethics and poetics, describing a contemporary practice of architecture under the sign of love, incorporating both eros and philia.]]> 2006 3 0 false Tue Aug 25 15:17:56 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 15:17:56 -0700 2009 68535882 176808 255602 0262162385 9780262162388 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734m/255602.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734s/255602.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255602.Built_upon_Love_Architectural_Longing_after_Ethics_and_Aesthetics 4.50 6 Built upon Love Pérez-Gómez uncovers the relationship between love and architecture in order to find the points of contact between poetics and ethics--between the architect's wish to design a beautiful world and architecture's imperative to provide a better place for society.

Eros, as first imagined by the early lyric poets of classical Greece, is the invisible force at the root of our capacity to create and comprehend the poetic image. Pérez-Gómez examines the nature of architectural form in the light of eros, seduction, and the tradition of the poetic image in Western architecture. He charts the ethical dimension of architecture, tracing the connections between philia--the love of friends that entails mutual responsibility among equals--and architectural program. He explores the position of architecture at the limits of language and discusses the analogical language of philia in modernist architectural theory. Finally, he uncovers connections between ethics and poetics, describing a contemporary practice of architecture under the sign of love, incorporating both eros and philia.]]> 2006 4 0 false Sun Aug 23 04:43:06 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 04:43:06 -0700 2009 62593978 2354530 255602 0262162385 9780262162388 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734m/255602.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734s/255602.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255602.Built_upon_Love_Architectural_Longing_after_Ethics_and_Aesthetics 4.50 6 Built upon Love Pérez-Gómez uncovers the relationship between love and architecture in order to find the points of contact between poetics and ethics--between the architect's wish to design a beautiful world and architecture's imperative to provide a better place for society.

Eros, as first imagined by the early lyric poets of classical Greece, is the invisible force at the root of our capacity to create and comprehend the poetic image. Pérez-Gómez examines the nature of architectural form in the light of eros, seduction, and the tradition of the poetic image in Western architecture. He charts the ethical dimension of architecture, tracing the connections between philia--the love of friends that entails mutual responsibility among equals--and architectural program. He explores the position of architecture at the limits of language and discusses the analogical language of philia in modernist architectural theory. Finally, he uncovers connections between ethics and poetics, describing a contemporary practice of architecture under the sign of love, incorporating both eros and philia.]]> 2006 0 0 false Wed Jul 08 02:39:43 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 17:52:08 -0700 2009 62148071 2488152 255602 0262162385 9780262162388 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734m/255602.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734s/255602.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255602.Built_upon_Love_Architectural_Longing_after_Ethics_and_Aesthetics 4.50 6 Built upon Love Pérez-Gómez uncovers the relationship between love and architecture in order to find the points of contact between poetics and ethics--between the architect's wish to design a beautiful world and architecture's imperative to provide a better place for society.

Eros, as first imagined by the early lyric poets of classical Greece, is the invisible force at the root of our capacity to create and comprehend the poetic image. Pérez-Gómez examines the nature of architectural form in the light of eros, seduction, and the tradition of the poetic image in Western architecture. He charts the ethical dimension of architecture, tracing the connections between philia--the love of friends that entails mutual responsibility among equals--and architectural program. He explores the position of architecture at the limits of language and discusses the analogical language of philia in modernist architectural theory. Finally, he uncovers connections between ethics and poetics, describing a contemporary practice of architecture under the sign of love, incorporating both eros and philia.]]> 2006 0 0 false Sat Jul 04 14:58:32 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 14:58:35 -0700 2009 51547989 1105335 255602 0262162385 9780262162388 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734m/255602.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734s/255602.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255602.Built_upon_Love_Architectural_Longing_after_Ethics_and_Aesthetics 4.50 6 Built upon Love Pérez-Gómez uncovers the relationship between love and architecture in order to find the points of contact between poetics and ethics--between the architect's wish to design a beautiful world and architecture's imperative to provide a better place for society.

Eros, as first imagined by the early lyric poets of classical Greece, is the invisible force at the root of our capacity to create and comprehend the poetic image. Pérez-Gómez examines the nature of architectural form in the light of eros, seduction, and the tradition of the poetic image in Western architecture. He charts the ethical dimension of architecture, tracing the connections between philia--the love of friends that entails mutual responsibility among equals--and architectural program. He explores the position of architecture at the limits of language and discusses the analogical language of philia in modernist architectural theory. Finally, he uncovers connections between ethics and poetics, describing a contemporary practice of architecture under the sign of love, incorporating both eros and philia.]]> 2006 5 0 false Sat Apr 04 22:09:55 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 22:09:55 -0700 2009 50692069 1104823 255602 0262162385 9780262162388 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734m/255602.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734s/255602.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255602.Built_upon_Love_Architectural_Longing_after_Ethics_and_Aesthetics 4.50 6 Built upon Love Pérez-Gómez uncovers the relationship between love and architecture in order to find the points of contact between poetics and ethics--between the architect's wish to design a beautiful world and architecture's imperative to provide a better place for society.

Eros, as first imagined by the early lyric poets of classical Greece, is the invisible force at the root of our capacity to create and comprehend the poetic image. Pérez-Gómez examines the nature of architectural form in the light of eros, seduction, and the tradition of the poetic image in Western architecture. He charts the ethical dimension of architecture, tracing the connections between philia--the love of friends that entails mutual responsibility among equals--and architectural program. He explores the position of architecture at the limits of language and discusses the analogical language of philia in modernist architectural theory. Finally, he uncovers connections between ethics and poetics, describing a contemporary practice of architecture under the sign of love, incorporating both eros and philia.]]> 2006 5 0 false Sat Mar 28 04:17:30 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 04:17:30 -0700 2009 48290025 2097247 255602 0262162385 9780262162388 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734m/255602.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734s/255602.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255602.Built_upon_Love_Architectural_Longing_after_Ethics_and_Aesthetics 4.50 6 Built upon Love Pérez-Gómez uncovers the relationship between love and architecture in order to find the points of contact between poetics and ethics--between the architect's wish to design a beautiful world and architecture's imperative to provide a better place for society.

Eros, as first imagined by the early lyric poets of classical Greece, is the invisible force at the root of our capacity to create and comprehend the poetic image. Pérez-Gómez examines the nature of architectural form in the light of eros, seduction, and the tradition of the poetic image in Western architecture. He charts the ethical dimension of architecture, tracing the connections between philia--the love of friends that entails mutual responsibility among equals--and architectural program. He explores the position of architecture at the limits of language and discusses the analogical language of philia in modernist architectural theory. Finally, he uncovers connections between ethics and poetics, describing a contemporary practice of architecture under the sign of love, incorporating both eros and philia.]]> 2006 0 0 false Wed Mar 04 21:47:47 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 21:47:47 -0800 2009 44637045 767668 255602 0262162385 9780262162388 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734m/255602.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734s/255602.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255602.Built_upon_Love_Architectural_Longing_after_Ethics_and_Aesthetics 4.50 6 Built upon Love Pérez-Gómez uncovers the relationship between love and architecture in order to find the points of contact between poetics and ethics--between the architect's wish to design a beautiful world and architecture's imperative to provide a better place for society.

Eros, as first imagined by the early lyric poets of classical Greece, is the invisible force at the root of our capacity to create and comprehend the poetic image. Pérez-Gómez examines the nature of architectural form in the light of eros, seduction, and the tradition of the poetic image in Western architecture. He charts the ethical dimension of architecture, tracing the connections between philia--the love of friends that entails mutual responsibility among equals--and architectural program. He explores the position of architecture at the limits of language and discusses the analogical language of philia in modernist architectural theory. Finally, he uncovers connections between ethics and poetics, describing a contemporary practice of architecture under the sign of love, incorporating both eros and philia.]]> 2006 5 0 false Sun Feb 15 17:20:11 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 08:56:16 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 17:20:11 -0800 2009 43543445 1927452 255602 0262162385 9780262162388 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734m/255602.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734s/255602.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255602.Built_upon_Love_Architectural_Longing_after_Ethics_and_Aesthetics 4.50 6 Built upon Love Pérez-Gómez uncovers the relationship between love and architecture in order to find the points of contact between poetics and ethics--between the architect's wish to design a beautiful world and architecture's imperative to provide a better place for society.

Eros, as first imagined by the early lyric poets of classical Greece, is the invisible force at the root of our capacity to create and comprehend the poetic image. Pérez-Gómez examines the nature of architectural form in the light of eros, seduction, and the tradition of the poetic image in Western architecture. He charts the ethical dimension of architecture, tracing the connections between philia--the love of friends that entails mutual responsibility among equals--and architectural program. He explores the position of architecture at the limits of language and discusses the analogical language of philia in modernist architectural theory. Finally, he uncovers connections between ethics and poetics, describing a contemporary practice of architecture under the sign of love, incorporating both eros and philia.]]> 2006 0 0 false Mon Mar 30 12:34:45 -0700 2009 Sun Jan 18 22:15:10 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 30 12:34:45 -0700 2009 41595302 1851191 255602 0262162385 9780262162388 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734m/255602.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734s/255602.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255602.Built_upon_Love_Architectural_Longing_after_Ethics_and_Aesthetics 4.50 6 Built upon Love Pérez-Gómez uncovers the relationship between love and architecture in order to find the points of contact between poetics and ethics--between the architect's wish to design a beautiful world and architecture's imperative to provide a better place for society.

Eros, as first imagined by the early lyric poets of classical Greece, is the invisible force at the root of our capacity to create and comprehend the poetic image. Pérez-Gómez examines the nature of architectural form in the light of eros, seduction, and the tradition of the poetic image in Western architecture. He charts the ethical dimension of architecture, tracing the connections between philia--the love of friends that entails mutual responsibility among equals--and architectural program. He explores the position of architecture at the limits of language and discusses the analogical language of philia in modernist architectural theory. Finally, he uncovers connections between ethics and poetics, describing a contemporary practice of architecture under the sign of love, incorporating both eros and philia.]]> 2006 0 0 false Fri Jan 02 08:13:10 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 08:13:10 -0800 2009 38154550 1343771 255602 0262162385 9780262162388 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734m/255602.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734s/255602.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255602.Built_upon_Love_Architectural_Longing_after_Ethics_and_Aesthetics 4.50 6 Built upon Love Pérez-Gómez uncovers the relationship between love and architecture in order to find the points of contact between poetics and ethics--between the architect's wish to design a beautiful world and architecture's imperative to provide a better place for society.

Eros, as first imagined by the early lyric poets of classical Greece, is the invisible force at the root of our capacity to create and comprehend the poetic image. Pérez-Gómez examines the nature of architectural form in the light of eros, seduction, and the tradition of the poetic image in Western architecture. He charts the ethical dimension of architecture, tracing the connections between philia--the love of friends that entails mutual responsibility among equals--and architectural program. He explores the position of architecture at the limits of language and discusses the analogical language of philia in modernist architectural theory. Finally, he uncovers connections between ethics and poetics, describing a contemporary practice of architecture under the sign of love, incorporating both eros and philia.]]> 2006 0 0 false Wed Nov 19 12:40:45 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 12:40:45 -0800 2008 34943245 1332593 255602 0262162385 9780262162388 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734m/255602.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734s/255602.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255602.Built_upon_Love_Architectural_Longing_after_Ethics_and_Aesthetics 4.50 6 Built upon Love Pérez-Gómez uncovers the relationship between love and architecture in order to find the points of contact between poetics and ethics--between the architect's wish to design a beautiful world and architecture's imperative to provide a better place for society.

Eros, as first imagined by the early lyric poets of classical Greece, is the invisible force at the root of our capacity to create and comprehend the poetic image. Pérez-Gómez examines the nature of architectural form in the light of eros, seduction, and the tradition of the poetic image in Western architecture. He charts the ethical dimension of architecture, tracing the connections between philia--the love of friends that entails mutual responsibility among equals--and architectural program. He explores the position of architecture at the limits of language and discusses the analogical language of philia in modernist architectural theory. Finally, he uncovers connections between ethics and poetics, describing a contemporary practice of architecture under the sign of love, incorporating both eros and philia.]]> 2006 0 0 false Thu Dec 11 07:41:12 -0800 2008 Thu Oct 09 17:14:17 -0700 2008 Thu Dec 11 07:41:12 -0800 2008 27307662 140798 255602 0262162385 9780262162388 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734m/255602.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734s/255602.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255602.Built_upon_Love_Architectural_Longing_after_Ethics_and_Aesthetics 4.50 6 Built upon Love Pérez-Gómez uncovers the relationship between love and architecture in order to find the points of contact between poetics and ethics--between the architect's wish to design a beautiful world and architecture's imperative to provide a better place for society.

Eros, as first imagined by the early lyric poets of classical Greece, is the invisible force at the root of our capacity to create and comprehend the poetic image. Pérez-Gómez examines the nature of architectural form in the light of eros, seduction, and the tradition of the poetic image in Western architecture. He charts the ethical dimension of architecture, tracing the connections between philia--the love of friends that entails mutual responsibility among equals--and architectural program. He explores the position of architecture at the limits of language and discusses the analogical language of philia in modernist architectural theory. Finally, he uncovers connections between ethics and poetics, describing a contemporary practice of architecture under the sign of love, incorporating both eros and philia.]]> 2006 0 0 false Tue Jul 15 08:34:23 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 08:34:26 -0700 2008 24455824 1238124 3359866 0262662051 9780262662055 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3359866.Built_upon_Love_Architectural_Longing_after_Ethics_and_Aesthetics 0.0 0 Built upon Love Pérez-Gómez uncovers the relationship between love and architecture in order to find the points of contact between poetics and ethics--between the architect's wish to design a beautiful world and architecture's imperative to provide a better place for society.

The forced polarity between form and function in considerations of architecture--opposing art to social interests, ethics to poetic expression--obscures the deep connections between ethical and poetical values in architectural tradition. Architecture has been, and must continue to be, writes Alberto Pérez-Gómez, built upon love. Modernity has rightly rejected past architectural excesses, but, Pérez-Gómez argues, the materialistic and technological alternatives it proposes do not answer satisfactorily the complex desire that defines humanity. True architecture is concerned with far more than fashionable form, affordable homes, and sustainable development; it responds to a desire for an eloquent place to dwell--one that lovingly provides a sense of order resonant with our dreams.

Eros, as first imagined by the early lyric poets of classical Greece, is the invisible force at the root of our capacity to create and comprehend the poetic image. Pérez-Gómez examines the nature of architectural form in the light of eros, seduction, and the tradition of the poetic image in Western architecture. He charts the ethical dimension of architecture, tracing the connections between philia--the love of friends that entails mutual responsibility among equals--and architectural program. He explores the position of architecture at the limits of language and discusses the analogical language of philia in modernist architectural theory. Finally, he uncovers connections between ethics and poetics, describing a contemporary practice of architecture under the sign of love, incorporating both eros and philia.]]> 2006 0 0 false Fri Jun 13 19:52:51 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 19:52:51 -0700 2008 22678794 195902 255602 0262162385 9780262162388 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734m/255602.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734s/255602.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255602.Built_upon_Love_Architectural_Longing_after_Ethics_and_Aesthetics 4.50 6 Built upon Love Pérez-Gómez uncovers the relationship between love and architecture in order to find the points of contact between poetics and ethics--between the architect's wish to design a beautiful world and architecture's imperative to provide a better place for society.

Eros, as first imagined by the early lyric poets of classical Greece, is the invisible force at the root of our capacity to create and comprehend the poetic image. Pérez-Gómez examines the nature of architectural form in the light of eros, seduction, and the tradition of the poetic image in Western architecture. He charts the ethical dimension of architecture, tracing the connections between philia--the love of friends that entails mutual responsibility among equals--and architectural program. He explores the position of architecture at the limits of language and discusses the analogical language of philia in modernist architectural theory. Finally, he uncovers connections between ethics and poetics, describing a contemporary practice of architecture under the sign of love, incorporating both eros and philia.]]> 2006 0 0 false Wed May 21 08:06:53 -0700 2008 Wed May 21 08:06:57 -0700 2008 19420853 1054246 255602 0262162385 9780262162388 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734m/255602.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734s/255602.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255602.Built_upon_Love_Architectural_Longing_after_Ethics_and_Aesthetics 4.50 6 Built upon Love Pérez-Gómez uncovers the relationship between love and architecture in order to find the points of contact between poetics and ethics--between the architect's wish to design a beautiful world and architecture's imperative to provide a better place for society.

Eros, as first imagined by the early lyric poets of classical Greece, is the invisible force at the root of our capacity to create and comprehend the poetic image. Pérez-Gómez examines the nature of architectural form in the light of eros, seduction, and the tradition of the poetic image in Western architecture. He charts the ethical dimension of architecture, tracing the connections between philia--the love of friends that entails mutual responsibility among equals--and architectural program. He explores the position of architecture at the limits of language and discusses the analogical language of philia in modernist architectural theory. Finally, he uncovers connections between ethics and poetics, describing a contemporary practice of architecture under the sign of love, incorporating both eros and philia.]]> 2006 0 0 false Thu Apr 03 21:03:28 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 03 21:03:30 -0700 2008 12617946 788220 255602 0262162385 9780262162388 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734m/255602.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734s/255602.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255602.Built_upon_Love_Architectural_Longing_after_Ethics_and_Aesthetics 4.50 6 Built upon Love Pérez-Gómez uncovers the relationship between love and architecture in order to find the points of contact between poetics and ethics--between the architect's wish to design a beautiful world and architecture's imperative to provide a better place for society.

Eros, as first imagined by the early lyric poets of classical Greece, is the invisible force at the root of our capacity to create and comprehend the poetic image. Pérez-Gómez examines the nature of architectural form in the light of eros, seduction, and the tradition of the poetic image in Western architecture. He charts the ethical dimension of architecture, tracing the connections between philia--the love of friends that entails mutual responsibility among equals--and architectural program. He explores the position of architecture at the limits of language and discusses the analogical language of philia in modernist architectural theory. Finally, he uncovers connections between ethics and poetics, describing a contemporary practice of architecture under the sign of love, incorporating both eros and philia.]]> 2006 0 0 false Tue Jan 15 16:42:04 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 16:42:04 -0800 2008 8330767 581277 255602 0262162385 9780262162388 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734m/255602.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734s/255602.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255602.Built_upon_Love_Architectural_Longing_after_Ethics_and_Aesthetics 4.50 6 Built upon Love Pérez-Gómez uncovers the relationship between love and architecture in order to find the points of contact between poetics and ethics--between the architect's wish to design a beautiful world and architecture's imperative to provide a better place for society.

Eros, as first imagined by the early lyric poets of classical Greece, is the invisible force at the root of our capacity to create and comprehend the poetic image. Pérez-Gómez examines the nature of architectural form in the light of eros, seduction, and the tradition of the poetic image in Western architecture. He charts the ethical dimension of architecture, tracing the connections between philia--the love of friends that entails mutual responsibility among equals--and architectural program. He explores the position of architecture at the limits of language and discusses the analogical language of philia in modernist architectural theory. Finally, he uncovers connections between ethics and poetics, describing a contemporary practice of architecture under the sign of love, incorporating both eros and philia.]]> 2006 0 0 false Sat Oct 27 19:00:39 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 27 19:00:53 -0700 2007 6531287 400841 255602 0262162385 9780262162388 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734m/255602.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173193734s/255602.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255602.Built_upon_Love_Architectural_Longing_after_Ethics_and_Aesthetics 4.50 6 Built upon Love Pérez-Gómez uncovers the relationship between love and architecture in order to find the points of contact between poetics and ethics--between the architect's wish to design a beautiful world and architecture's imperative to provide a better place for society.

Eros, as first imagined by the early lyric poets of classical Greece, is the invisible force at the root of our capacity to create and comprehend the poetic image. Pérez-Gómez examines the nature of architectural form in the light of eros, seduction, and the tradition of the poetic image in Western architecture. He charts the ethical dimension of architecture, tracing the connections between philia--the love of friends that entails mutual responsibility among equals--and architectural program. He explores the position of architecture at the limits of language and discusses the analogical language of philia in modernist architectural theory. Finally, he uncovers connections between ethics and poetics, describing a contemporary practice of architecture under the sign of love, incorporating both eros and philia.]]> 2006 0 0 false Fri Sep 21 00:48:31 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 12 11:47:03 -0700 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=255602