TY - BOOK AU - Ballantyne,Andrew TI - What is architecture? SN - 0415256275 (pbk) U1 - 720 PY - 2002/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Architecture KW - Philosophy N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-202) and index; Contributors - Acknowledgements - Introduction - Commentary: Andrew Ballantyne, The Nest and the Pillar of Fire - 1. Architectural principles in an age of Nihilism - 2. The Architecture of Deceit - 3. Spatial Storie - 4. The dark side of the Domus - 5. The metaphysics of housework: Patricia Gruben's The central character - 6. 'Hi honey, I'm home': Weary businessmen and the formulation of a serenely modern aesthetic - 7. From Techne to Tectonics - 8. Botticher, Semper and the Tectonic: Core form and art form - 9. The dislocation of the Architectureal self - 10. The pleasure of Architecture - Bibliography - Index ER -