The Public Face of Architecture
Author | : Nathan Glazer |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 536 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Art, Municipal |
ISBN | : 0029118115 |
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Author | : Nathan Glazer |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 536 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Art, Municipal |
ISBN | : 0029118115 |
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Release | : 1991 |
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ISBN | : 9780646055800 |
Author | : Nathan Glazer |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 309 |
Release | : 2009-01-10 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1400827582 |
Modernism in architecture and urban design has failed the American city. This is the decisive conclusion that renowned public intellectual Nathan Glazer has drawn from two decades of writing and thinking about what this architectural movement will bequeath to future generations. In From a Cause to a Style, he proclaims his disappointment with modernism and its impact on the American city. Writing in the tradition of legendary American architectural critics Lewis Mumford and Jane Jacobs, Glazer contends that modernism, this new urban form that signaled not just a radical revolution in style but a social ambition to enhance the conditions under which ordinary people lived, has fallen short on all counts. The articles and essays collected here--some never published before, all updated--reflect his ideas on subjects ranging from the livable city and public housing to building design, public memorials, and the uses of public space. Glazer, an undisputed giant among public intellectuals, is perhaps best known for his writings on ethnicity and social policy, where the unflinching honesty and independence of thought that he brought to bear on tough social questions has earned him respect from both the Left and the Right. Here, he challenges us to face some difficult truths about the public places that, for better or worse, define who we are as a society. From a Cause to a Style is an exhilarating and thought-provoking book that raises important questions about modernist architecture and the larger social aims it was supposed to have addressed-and those it has abandoned.
Author | : Aldo Rossi |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1984-09-13 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780262680431 |
Aldo Rossi was a practicing architect and leader of the Italian architectural movement La Tendenza and one of the most influential theorists of the twentieth century. The Architecture of the City is his major work of architectural and urban theory. In part a protest against functionalism and the Modern Movement, in part an attempt to restore the craft of architecture to its position as the only valid object of architectural study, and in part an analysis of the rules and forms of the city's construction, the book has become immensely popular among architects and design students.
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Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Public architecture |
ISBN | : 9780646070537 |
Author | : Harriet Harriss |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2020-12-15 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1000316440 |
What can you do with a degree in architecture? Where might it take you? What kind of challenges could you address? Architects After Architecture reframes architecture as a uniquely versatile way of acting on the world, far beyond that of designing buildings. In this volume, we meet forty practitioners through profiles, case studies, and interviews, who have used their architectural training in new and resourceful ways to tackle the climate crisis, work with refugees, advocate for diversity, start tech companies, become leading museum curators, tackle homelessness, draft public policy, become developers, design videogames, shape public discourse, and much more. Together, they describe a future of architecture that is diverse and engaged, expanding the limits of the discipline, and offering new paths forward in times of crisis. Whether you are an architecture student or a practicing architect considering a change, you’ll find this an encouraging and inspiring read. Please visit the Architects After Architecture website for more information, including future book launches and events: architectsafterarchitecture.com
Author | : Ann Thorpe |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1849713561 |
Informed by recent research into the viability of a 'steady state' economy, this book sets an agenda for addressing the designer's paradox of sustainable consumption.
Author | : Tom Spector |
Publisher | : Anthem Press |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 2021-06 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1785277359 |
Why has explaining the value of the architecture profession proven so difficult? The architecture profession can be well-defended by demonstrating the public good which results from its protected practice. Although the book believes in this approach, this approach immediately raises the thorny questions of just who is the public, and what is its good? To answer these questions, to explain why the profession has done a poor job explaining itself, and to propose a fresh perspective are the challenges set out in this book. The book dissects the internal weaknesses and external forces which have prevented architects from asserting their value to the public, explains how the concept of the public is itself widely misunderstood, investigates the shifting boundaries of the public and private realms, and proposes a series of measures by which we can assess and improve an architectural work’s publicness. Through a renewed focus on the public good that everyday architects are capable of as a profession, the book charts an ultimately optimistic program for the architecture profession’s renewal.
Author | : Alan Cooper |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 650 |
Release | : 2012-06-12 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : 1118079159 |
This completely updated volume presents the effective and practical tools you need to design great desktop applications, Web 2.0 sites, and mobile devices. You’ll learn the principles of good product behavior and gain an understanding of Cooper’s Goal-Directed Design method, which involves everything from conducting user research to defining your product using personas and scenarios. Ultimately, you’ll acquire the knowledge to design the best possible digital products and services.
Author | : Paul Goldberger |
Publisher | : Random House Trade Paperbacks |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 081296795X |
Explores the struggle to rebuild the site at Ground Zero, offering a social, political, cultural, and architectural history of the World Trade Center and the artistic, financial, and emotional challenges of creating a design for the site.