{"product_id":"absolute-beginners-iaki-balos-9783038602873","title":"Absolute Beginners","description":"\u003cb\u003eIki ﾁbalos presents the quintessence of his thinking about architecture and the future of the trade.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In his new book \u003ci\u003eAbsolute Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed Spanish architect Iki ﾁbalos explores forms of innovation in architecture. Drawing on diverse materials elaborated during the twenty years since the publication of his best-known book, \u003ci\u003eThe Good Life\u003c\/i\u003e, ﾁbalos examines questions centered on how and why architectural creation--at least the kind that arouses the greatest cultural interest--is strongly linked to philosophical thought, especially to the essay and the aphorism. He guides us to an understanding of why innovation--as happens in philosophy--is inextricably linked to reflection on the past and to the emergence of new ways of appropriating old problems. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbsolute Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e is a single essay written with effort and passion, made for the pure pleasure of composing a new and complex work and understanding the source materials as necessary fragments while remaining open to adjustments, changes, and bridges between them. ﾁbalos organizes his materials like a piece of music into a cohesive composition, to the delight and insight of his readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Iki ﾁbalos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3038602876\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783038602873\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Park Publishing (WI)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/21\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.58h x 6.54w x 0.79d","brand":"Iki ﾁbalos","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44078798635263,"sku":"9783038602873","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_de41b3e3-b15a-415b-a36e-706fc2621566.jpg?v=1685477584","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/absolute-beginners-iaki-balos-9783038602873","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}