Generosity and Architecture
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- Synopsis
- This book proposes that architecture can function as a true embodiment of generosity and examines how generosity in architecture operates within, and questions, current and historical socio-economic and political systems. As such, it interrogates ways in which architecture aspires for something more, whether within economic austerities or within historic contexts of a discipline that has often been preoccupied with cost and quantitative measurement. The texts presented in this book critically examine the theme of generosity and architecture from a variety of perspectives, addressing the theoretical, the historical, and the everyday processes of architectural practice, procurement, and policy in a global context. The book is a richly collaborative text which explores how architecture – in its processes of ordering and shaping space – can represent and embody generosity in all its multi-faceted potential.
- Copyright:
- 2023
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 36 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781000632392
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781003211815, 9781032078540, 9781032078519
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Date of Addition:
- 09/28/22
- Copyrighted By:
- selection and editorial matter, Mhairi McVicar, Stephen Kite, and Charles Drożyński
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Education
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Mhairi McVicar
- Edited by:
- Stephen Kite
- Edited by:
- Charles Drozynski
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