Questioning Architectural Judgment : The Problem of Codes in the United States Hardback
by Steven A. (University of Texas at Austin, USA) Moore, Barbara B. (University of Texas at Austin, USA) Wilson
Hardback
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The book shines light on the problem of judgment, particularly in the realm of architectural "technics" and the codes that regulate it.
The struggle to define "sustainability," and thus judge architecture through such lenses, is but one dimension of the contemporary problem of judgment.
By providing the reader with an inherently interdisciplinary study of a particular discipline—architecture, it brings to the topic lenses that challenge the too frequently unexamined assumptions of the discipline.
By situating architecture within a broader cultural field and using case studies to dissect the issues discussed, the book emphasizes that it is not simply a matter of designing better, more efficient, or more stringent codes to guide place-making, but a matter of reconstructing the boundaries of the systems to be coded.
The authors are winners of the EDRA Place-Research Award 2014 for their work on the Green Alley Demonstration Project used in the book.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:294 pages, 7 Tables, black and white; 20 Line drawings, black and white; 44 Halftones, black and whi
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:31/07/2013
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- ISBN:9780415840804
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:294 pages, 7 Tables, black and white; 20 Line drawings, black and white; 44 Halftones, black and whi
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:31/07/2013
- Category:
- ISBN:9780415840804
