TY - JOUR
TI - “Why so serious?” – The joke as a means of expression
	in architecture
AU - Szczegielniak, Anna
TI - “Why so serious?” – The joke as a means of expression
	in architecture
AB - 
	The paper presents the joke as a means of expression used in architecture. The author debates whether the architecture should always be serious. The paper describes and gives historical and contemporary examples of how the comical effect is achieved in architecture. The paper is also an attempt to explain and understand what the jokes in architecture are used for.
VL - 2015
IS - Architecture Issue 9-A (15) 2015
PY - 2016
SN - 0011-4561
C1 - 2353-737X
SP - 337
EP - 342
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/czasopismo-techniczne/article/why-so-serious-the-joke-as-a-means-of-expression-in-architecture
KW - architecture
KW - joke
KW - humour
KW - mannerist architecture
KW - postmodern architecture
KW - contemporary architecture