The Architect's Dream

Form and Philosophy in Architectural Imagination

Sean Pickersgill

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Intellect Books
09 October 2024

Theory of architecture; Architectural structure & design

A unique perspective on how to understand, and even create, meaningful architecture.

The Architect's Dream demonstrates that the goal of creating meaningful architecture can take a variety of critical and philosophical paths. Sean Pickersgill draws on a broad range of subject areas, including film, philosophy, anthropology, mathematics, and economics, to show that the path to meaningful creative practice is always based on an understanding of the principal drivers for change in society. The Architect's Dream is not a recipe book for others to reproduce; rather, it requires the engaged reader to use their own creative abilities to find the potential in each proposition, and it will encourage the scholastic architect to continue to mine the rich veins of intellectual culture to demonstrate the hidden purposiveness inherent in all meaningful architecture.

By: Sean Pickersgill
Imprint: Intellect Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 170mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 674g
ISBN: 9781789388725
ISBN 10: 1789388724
Pages: 374
Publication Date: 09 October 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr Sean Pickersgill is a senior architectural academic within UniSA Creative at the University of South Australia. He has published widely on the intersection of architecture, digital culture and philosophy.