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Tectonic Acts Of Desire And Doubt

Architecture Words 9:
Tectonic Acts of Desire and Doubt
by Mark Rakatansky

This collection of a number of key essays by the New York-based architect and writer Mark Rakatansky proposes an innovative framework for architecture to enact the complex tectonic dramas of social and culture space.