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Title: Absolute [Junk]
Review: My recommendation is to pass up on this piece of drivel. If you are looking for insight, look elsewhere. What attempts to pass for "theory" or "criticism" in this book is most certainly journalism of the most affected kind. "Good" theory does not leave its subject matter untouched, it should render the object (in this case architecture) in a new light after analysis. This book offers nothing more than expository verbal descriptions of the photographic reproductions, i.e., essay length captions. "Theory" and "criticism" then, is not to be found here. What you will find, is a rather genteel purple prose that the majority of architecture students will find agreeable, but which in truth, signifies nothing.
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