Table of contents : Contents......Page 8 Preface......Page 12 Introduction: The General Problem......Page 16 Part I: The Reconciliation of Mechanics and Meaning in Architectural Thought......Page 22 1 A Technology of Habitation......Page 24 2 Architecture's Loss of a Distinct Technological Voice......Page 38 3 Mending the Rift: Twentieth-Century Attempts to Reconcile Mechanics and Meaning......Page 61 4 The Map and the Territory......Page 84 Part II: Mechanics and Meaning in Four Houses......Page 108 5 Finnish Log Farmhouse......Page 110 6 Charles Moore House at Orinda......Page 135 7 Wall House......Page 156 8 Villa Savoye......Page 176 Conclusion: Metaphorical Technology......Page 199 Select Bibliography......Page 218 C......Page 222 F......Page 223 H......Page 224 M......Page 225 P......Page 226 T......Page 227 W......Page 228