More than 90 per cent of the world's buildings, including some 800 million homes, constitute architecture of ordinary people. "Dwellings" is about the vast range of types of vernacular houses around the world. It documents the form of traditional buildings that are self-built by their owner-occupiers or built by members of a community, recording the means of construction and decoration of the house across a spectrum of different cultures. First published by Phaidon in 1987, "Dwellings" - in its new updated, revised and expanded format - assimilates new scholarship in the field, including the author's own research, and traces theoretical developments in the spheres of cultural geography, gender studies, sociology and anthropology. It is not only a fascinating reference work on domestic buildings, but also a useful survey for understanding how diverse communities cope with issues of climate, migration, mass development and, in turn, how this brings to life symbolic and cultural meaning in architecture.
Review
To have steered a clear path through so many types of architecture, without flagging and without repetition, is a remarkable achievement, and the many photographs in this book are mostly of the highest quality, and superbly reproduced...an attractive, valuable and provocative book.' (Architectural Review) 'Don't miss Dwellings...beautiful.' (Herald Sun, Australia) 'Fascinating, informative and wonderfully illustrated book...a thought-provoking and humbling look at how other cultures live and survive.' (The Advocate, Australia)
Product Description
Dwellings is an exploration of the types and forms of vernacular houses around the world and how they are constructed, decorated, and inhabited by their occupants. The paperback edition presents a revised and expanded version of this classic text, containing new field research and scholarship. The updated edition includes new academic developments in cultural geography, gender studies, sociology, and anthropology. There are beautiful illustrations throughout the book, largely photographs compiled over the course of the author's field research. This is a useful survey of how different communities cope with issues of climate, migration, mass development and symbolic and cultural meaning in architecture.
初次翻开这本书,我立刻被它那种沉静而又充满力量的叙事风格所吸引。作者似乎有一种魔力,能将那些看似平凡的日常场景描绘得如同史诗般宏大。我印象最深的是书中对光影的运用,那种细腻到让人几乎能感受到空气中尘埃的流动,每一次光线的变化都仿佛在诉说着一个不为人知的故事。叙事节奏的把控极其老道,时而如溪流般潺潺不息,时而又陡然加速,将你卷入一个情感的漩涡。我特别欣赏作者构建的世界观,它虽然立足于现实,却又在不经意间流露出一种超现实的哲学意味,让人在阅读的过程中不断地停下来,沉思那些潜藏在文字背后的深层含义。这本书仿佛不是在讲述一个故事,而是在邀请你参与一场深刻的内心对话,让你重新审视自己与周遭环境的关系。那种阅读的体验是极其私密的,仿佛作者为你一个人揭开了世界的某种面纱。
评分坦白说,这本书的门槛相当高,它要求读者具备极大的耐心和开放的心态去接受一种非主流的美学体验。它不像那些市面上流行的作品那样提供即时的满足感,它的回报是延迟的,但一旦你进入了作者构建的这个独特的“场域”,你就会发现其他作品都显得有些平庸了。书中对细节的偏执近乎于痴迷,无论是对某种特定材质的描述,还是一种特定气味的捕捉,都达到了令人发指的逼真程度,仿佛作者在用文字进行微雕。这种对细节的极致追求,反而衬托出宏大主题的虚无感,形成了一种迷人的辩证关系。我尤其佩服作者处理群体心理和个体疏离感之间的平衡,他既能描绘出集体的洪流,又能精准地捕捉到身处其中的那个孤独的“我”。
评分阅读这本书的过程,对我而言,更像是一次对“存在”本身的极限探索。它没有提供任何简单的答案,相反,它提出了更多令人不安的问题。作者的笔触冷峻而克制,对于人物的心理描写更是达到了近乎残酷的精准。他毫不留情地剖析了人类在面对巨大不确定性时的脆弱与挣扎,那种感觉就像是被剥去了所有虚假的慰藉,直面真相的冰冷。我喜欢这种不妥协的姿态,它拒绝廉价的情感宣泄,而是通过精准的场景重构,引导读者自己去感受那种无声的震撼。书中的语言风格变化多端,有时是极简主义的宣言,有时又是古典主义的华丽辞藻,这种张力使得阅读体验充满了戏剧性,让人欲罢不能。这本书的后劲极大,合上书本后,书中的场景和人物还会持续在脑海中盘旋很久。
评分这本书的结构设计堪称精妙绝伦,完全打破了我对传统线性叙事的预期。它像一张复杂的挂毯,由无数条看似毫不相关的线索交织而成,但当你深入其中,就会发现每一个细节、每一个看似突兀的转折,最终都会汇聚到同一个主题之下,展现出一种惊人的整体性。我花了很长时间才适应这种跳跃式的叙事,但一旦适应,那种豁然开朗的满足感是无与伦比的。作者处理时间线的方式尤其值得称道,过去、现在和未来似乎在某一刻被压缩在同一个时空节点上,读起来有一种强烈的宿命感和宿命的荒谬感交织的奇特体验。这本书需要的不是快速翻阅,而是需要读者带着放大镜,去细致品味那些精心布置的伏笔和照应。它无疑是一部需要反复阅读才能完全消化的作品,每次重读都会发现新的层次。
评分从艺术性和文学性的角度来看,这本书无疑是一座高峰。它在叙事技巧上的创新,以及对语言边界的不断试探,都表明作者是一位真正具有前瞻性的创作者。书中的对话设计堪称教科书级别,角色之间的交流充满了潜台词和沉默的重量,你读到的往往不是他们说的话,而是他们刻意回避的内容。这种“未说之言”的艺术,将阅读的乐趣提升到了智力博弈的层面。全书的氛围处理得极为出色,始终笼罩着一层难以名状的、略带忧郁的朦胧感,即使是最阳光明媚的场景,也似乎被一层薄雾所笼罩。这本书不是用来消遣的,它是用来挑战和提升你的阅读品味的。读完之后,我感觉自己的感知能力似乎被某种方式重新校准了,这是极少数作品能够带来的体验。
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