Architectonic Conjectures: Poems about the Built Environment - Paperback

by Francis Raven (Author)

Poetry. A philosophy of architecture conveyed through poetics. Organizing Principle: We begin our lives unconsciously in fully formed homes, abstract the architectural structure from the built environment, and finally move out into the ethical world of the city.

Author Biography

Francis Raven is a graduate student in philosophy at Temple University. His books include Provisions (Interbirth, 2009), 5-Haifun: Of Being Divisible (Blue Lion Books, 2008), Shifting the Question More Complicated (Otoliths, 2007), Taste: Gastronomic Poems (Blazevox 2005) and the novel, Inverted Curvatures (Spuyten Duyvil, 2005). Francis lives in Washington DC; you can check out more of his work at his website: www.ravensaesthetica.com.