Towards a universal language of the built environment

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For centuries, architecture, cities and landscapes have been considered as languages by many scholars. However, since there is a connatural difference between building and language, whether the built environment can be universally applied as means of communication is still being questioned. By reviewing the development of structuralism alongside previous built environment language studies, this paper intends to clarify to what extent a universal language of the built environment could be achieved with the aid of the “structural linguistics-semiology” system.View full textDownload full textKeywordssign language, structural linguistics, semiology, built environment languageRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10350330.2011.564389