Annotated Bibliography Student`s Name Class Date Annotated Bibliography Boe, Solveig, & Hege Charlotte, F. (2014). Raw: Architectural Engagements with Nature. Ann Arbor, MI: ProQuest. The book concentrates on the concepts of nature and its relation to architecture. In this regard nature is seen as the basic raw material from which man creates all sorts of form in the universe. The book illuminates nature as not only a raw material for basic architectural components but also as a way through which human beings relate to the world. Human beings find ways and places that can support the human life. Similarly, architecture can be seen as simple structures to complex and technical buildings that are meant to support human life. In this case nature becomes many of the aesthetic expressions. In architecture, nature emanates as a powerful raw material and as a kind of art that expresses nature through architecture. I chose the book because it focuses on nature and its aesthetic expressions through architecture and its artistic practices. This book supports and gives an illusion on the need to restore naturalistic and artistic values in today`s world of architecture, hence supporting my thesis. Friedman, Alice, T. (2010). American Glamour and
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