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By:   Dagmar Motycka Weston
Foreword by:   David Leatherbarrow
Imprint:   Artifice Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 226mm,  Width: 271mm, 
ISBN:   9781911339533
ISBN 10:   1911339532
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   29 February 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Dagmar Motycka Weston Dagmar Motycka Weston trained as an architect in Toronto before undertakinggraduate studies at the Architectural Association and the University ofCambridge. She holds a PhD in the History and Philosophy of Architecturefrom the latter. She has taught architectural history and design at theUniversity of Edinburgh (where she is now an Honorary Fellow), specialisingin early 20th-century art and architecture. She has published widely on thethemes of modern culture, including spatiality, architecture and Surrealism,the artist's studio and Le Corbusier. David Leatherbarrow David Leatherbarrow has taught theory and design at the University of Pennsylvania since 1984, and before that at the University of Cambridgeand the University of Westminster (formerly PCL) in England. He lecturesthroughout the world and has held honorary professorships in Denmark,Brazil and China. In 2020, he was awarded the Topaz Medallion, the highest award given by the AIA and ASCA for excellence in architectural education. He has also been the recipient of the Visiting Scholar Fellowship from the Canadian Center of Architecture (199798) and two Fulbright Fellowships.Some of his books include:Building time: architecture, event, and experience;20th Century Architecture;Three Cultural Ecologies(with R Wesley);Architecture Oriented Otherwise;Topographical Stories;Surface Architecture(with Mohsen Mostafavi);Uncommon Ground;The Roots of Architectural Invention; andOn Weathering: The Life of Buildings in Timefocuses on the history and theory of architecture, gardens and the city.