| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 365 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1. Revisiting the discipline of architecture / Thomas Fisher -- 2. Disciplining knowledge : architecture between cube and frame / Michael Stanton -- 3. On the practices of representing and knowing architecture / Andrzej Piotrowski -- 4. The form and structure of architectural knowledge : from practice to discipline -- 5. Architecture is its own discipline / David Leatherbarrow -- 6. A dialectics of determination : social truth-claims in architectural writing, 1970-1995 / David J.T. Vanderburgh and W. Russell Ellis -- 7. Unpacking the suitcase : travel as process and paradigm in constructing architectural knowledge / Kay Bea Jones -- 8. Environment and architecture / Donald Watson -- 9. Reinventing professional privilege as inclusivity : a proposal for an enriched mission of architecture / Sharon Egretta Sutton -- 10. Thinking "Indian" architecture / A.G. Krishna Menon -- 11. Interdisciplinary visions of architectural education : the perspectives of faculty women / Linda N. Groat and Sherry Ahrentzen -- 12. A framework for aligning professional education and practice in architecture / Carol Burns -- 13. Reduction and transformation of architecture in Las Vegas / Garth Rockcastle -- 14. The professional and discipline of architecture : practice and education / Stanford Anderson |
| Summary |
The essays collected in this groundbreaking volume address the current state of architecture as an academic and professional discipline. Often critical of the current paradigm, these essays offer a provocative challenge to accepted assumptions about the production, dissemination, and reception of architectural knowledge |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-329) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Architectural design -- Philosophy
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Architecture -- Study and teaching.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Public, Commercial & Industrial.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Security Design.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Project Management.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Criticism.
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Architectural design -- Philosophy
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Architecture -- Study and teaching
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Piotrowski, Andrzej
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Robinson, Julia W.
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| ISBN |
9780816692026 |
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0816692025 |
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