Dripps, R.D., — The first house.

Myth,Paradigm and the task of architecture. Ultimately, the role of architecture is to provide the structures that enable us to interpret the world and make it habitable. Throughout, Dripps's intensive meditations on Vitruvius are supplemented by extensive notes that establish points of contact with a wide array of modern writers on myth, language, political theory, and the arts. l MIT Press. Cambridge/London 1997. Pb. 154 pp. Very good.