Imagining the building: Architectural design as semiotic construction

Design Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 255-273

  Medway, P ^a   Clark, B ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Architectural design; Design activity; Design practice; Social design

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; SEMIOTICS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EPIGRAPHS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 0037408353     PISSN: 0142694X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-694X(02)00055-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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