Three Doors to Other Worlds

Andrew Crompton

doi:10.1111/j.1531-314X.2008.00236.x

Three Doors to Other Worlds

Andrew Crompton

Architecture

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Architecture that is hard to describe by being immaterial, irrelevant, and unintended may engage us in a narrative rather than a visual sense. Three examples of anonymous architecture are presented where stories regarding interfaces between existence and nonexistence emerge. They are all places where people can vanish and taken together tell stories of death, hell, and heaven. In these unexpected places, the deeper issues of life may be obliquely and ironically experienced. © 2008 ACSA.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	24-29
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Architectural Education
Volume	62
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1531-314X.2008.00236.x https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1531-314X.2008.00236.x
Publication status	Published - 20 Oct 2008

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