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Sensuous architecture : the art of erotic building / Christian W. Thomsen ; with two essays by Angela Krewani ; [translated from the German by Alex Atkins ; copy-edited by Claudine Weber-Hof]

By: Thomsen, Christian Werner, 1940-.
Contributor(s): Atkins, Alex [(tr.)] | Krewani, Angela.
Publisher: Munich : Prestel, c1998Description: 183 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.ISBN: 3791318071.Other title: Art of erotic building.Uniform titles: Bauen fur die Sinne. English Subject(s): Architecture -- Themes, motives | Sensuality -- InfluenceDDC classification: 720.108
Contents:
Introduction : Architecture and Eroticism. - Contemporary Examples of Erotic Architecture. - Chateaux de Plaisance and, an Architecture of Yearning. - De Sade and High Tech: Body-Architecture and Fantasies of Dismemberment / Angela Krewani. - Bath Culture and Sensuality. - Erotic Symbols in Architecture. - Erotic Architecture Fantasies. - Architecture - Eroticism - Art. - Staging Interiors. - City Ambience and Sense Appeal. - Architecture and Eroticism in Film / Angela Krewani. - From Media-Oriented Avant-Garde Design to Virtual Bodies in Virtual Architecture: Cybersex. - Sensuous Architecture: The Final Plea. - Notes. - Bibliography. - Index. - Photo Credits.
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Floor 4, Shelf 30 , Side 1, TierNo 4, BayNo 3

 720.108 THO (Browse shelf) 1 Available SABDx,23003,02,CL 5000036219

"184 pages with 302 illustrations, 205 in colour" - Front cover flap

"With two essays by Angela Krewani" - Front cover flap

Introduction : Architecture and Eroticism. - Contemporary Examples of Erotic Architecture. - Chateaux de Plaisance and, an Architecture of Yearning. - De Sade and High Tech: Body-Architecture and Fantasies of Dismemberment / Angela Krewani. - Bath Culture and Sensuality. - Erotic Symbols in Architecture. - Erotic Architecture Fantasies. - Architecture - Eroticism - Art. - Staging Interiors. - City Ambience and Sense Appeal. - Architecture and Eroticism in Film / Angela Krewani. - From Media-Oriented Avant-Garde Design to Virtual Bodies in Virtual Architecture: Cybersex. - Sensuous Architecture: The Final Plea. - Notes. - Bibliography. - Index. - Photo Credits.