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This paper discusses the phenomenon of metaphor as an instrument of significance and expressionin the memorial architecture. The metaphor enables an indirect transfer of meaning via analogy. Inthe wider sense it represents expression of meaning via something else. The original linguistic form,the metaphor in architecture deeply permeates creative thought process, understanding and structureof perception alongside the end reception of the work. The metaphor as the type of architecturalcommunication initially appears as the conceptual system in the creation process and then in thereception phase i.e. conceptual interpretation of the sense and meaning through its expressiveattributes. This research shall be divided in two basic parts. The first part of the paper shall presentthe theoretical framework of metaphor considerations as an architecture concept. The second partshall be designed as qualitative research through case study.
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