X-ray Architecture

201 Pages·2019·11.529 MB·English

by  Beatriz Colomina

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discourasnedi magintge chnologointe hse f ormation,
representaatnidro enc eptiooftn w entieth-ceanrtcuhryi tec­
tureI.tc hallentgheesn ormauln derstandoifmn ogd ern
architecbtyup rreo positnhga ittw ass hapebdy t hed ominant
medicaolb sessioofin t tsi met:u berculaonsdii st psr imary
diagnosttoioctl h,e X -ra.y
Moderanr chitecatnudrt eh eX -rawye reb orna rountdh e
samet imaen de volviendp arallWehli.lt eh eX -ray exptohsee d
insiodfet heb odyt ot hep ubliecy et,h em odern building
unveilietdis n ter,di roarmaticianlvleyr ttihnerg e latipnship
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BeatrCiozl omitnraa cetsh ep sychopatholoofgt iweesn tieth­
century architectutrheet- rfaruommoa f t uberculosis
tom orer ecendti sordesrusc ha sb urn-out syndarnodm e
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obsessiownist ihl lneasnsdt hel atetsetc hniquoefis m aging
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Introduction
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13 CHAPTER1
HealatnhAd r chitecture:
From'ViiuttsorS, uivcBku ilSdyinndgr ome
61 CHAPTER2
Tuberculosis
117 CHAPTER3
X-RaIyn tciym a
151 CHAPTER4
BlrureVdi sions
173 CHAPTER
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HyperpuAbnAl fitce:r word
187 Biography
188 lnde�
195 ImagCer edits
19 8 Acknowledgments
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