{"product_id":"architectural-agents-annabel-jane-wharton-9780816693399","title":"Architectural Agents: The Delusional, Abusive, Addictive Lives of Buildings","description":"\u003cp\u003eBuildings are not benign; rather, they commonly manipulate and abuse their human users. \u003ci\u003eArchitectural Agents\u003c\/i\u003e makes the case that buildings act in the world independently of their makers, patrons, owners, or occupants. And often they act badly. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTreating buildings as bodies, Annabel Jane Wharton writes biographies of symptomatic structures in order to diagnose their pathologies. The violence of some sites is rooted in historical trauma; the unhealthy spatial behaviors of other spaces stem from political and economic ruthlessness. The places examined range from the Cloisters Museum in New York City and the Palestine Archaeological Museum (renamed the Rockefeller Museum) in Jerusalem to the grand Hostal de los Reyes Católicos in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, and Las Vegas casino resorts. Recognizing that a study of pathological spaces would not be complete without an investigation of digital structures, Wharton integrates into her argument an original consideration of the powerful architectures of video games and immersive worlds. Her work mounts a persuasive critique of popular phenomenological treatments of architecture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eArchitectural Agents\u003c\/i\u003e advances an alternative theorization of buildings' agency--one rooted in buildings' essential materiality and historical formation--as the basis for her significant intervention in current debates over the boundaries separating humans, animals, and machines. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Annabel Jane Wharton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816693390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816693399\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.66h x 7.53w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2015","brand":"Annabel Jane Wharton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086951788799,"sku":"9780816693399","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8da5db81-053a-4f9f-8f35-23554e9d4c15.jpg?v=1769097440","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/architectural-agents-annabel-jane-wharton-9780816693399","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}