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Theory of architecture
Main article: Architectural theory
Historic treatises
Wittgenstein House
Philosophy of Architecture is a branch of philosophy of art, dealing with aesthetic value
of architecture, its semantics and relations with development of culture.
Plato to Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze, Robert Venturi as well as many other
philosophers and theoreticians, distinguish architecture ('technion') from building
('demiorgos'), attributing the former to mental traits, and the latter to the divine or
natural.[16]
The Wittgenstein House is considered one of the most important examples of
interactions between philosophy and architecture. Built by
renowned Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, the house has been the subject of
extensive research about the relationship between its stylistic features, Wittgenstein's
personality, and his philosophy.[17][18][19][20]
History
Main article: History of architecture
Origins and vernacular architecture
The Great Red Gate at the Ming Tombs near Beijing, China.