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Architectural Semiotic Analysis: A Demonstration

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Semiotics 1981

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The emphasis in this report is upon a semiotic analysis of a particular building through the identification and operation of codes. Several assumptions were made. No attempt is made to review the literature on semiotic analysis or to elaborate the assumptions. The demonstration indicates that the function of codes reveals signs and their meaning.

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  1. School of Architecture, University of British Columbia, Canada

    Shelagh Lindsey & Irini Sakellaridou

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  1. Shelagh Lindsey
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  1. Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa, USA

    John N. Deely

  2. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA

    Margot D. Lenhart

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Lindsey, S., Sakellaridou, I. (1983). Architectural Semiotic Analysis: A Demonstration. In: Deely, J.N., Lenhart, M.D. (eds) Semiotics 1981. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9328-7_38

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