The Architect: Reconstructing Her Practice - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0262581655 ISBN 13: 9780262581653

Verlag: MIT Press, 1998

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"The collection raises critical issues for the discipline ofarchitecture in a generous and provocative manner. It should be readby all of us." Steven Spier , Building Design

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The Architect:Reconstructing Her Practice examines how the introduction of womento the main body of architecture might bring about a reconstruction ofthe orders that pervade architectural production and consumption. At a moment when the architectural profession is beginning to shift from its traditionally male domination, The Architect: Reconstructing Her Practice examines how the introduction of women to the main body of architecture might bring about a reconstruction of the orders that pervade architectural production and consumption. In a collection of autobiographical essays in which practice is both the site and the vehicle for change, twelve American and European architects reflect on the nature of critical practice and its relation to architecture. The contributors were chosen not only for the distinguished quality of their work, but also for the range of architectural practices they collectively encompass-from the intersection of theory and philosophy to the intersection of building process and industry. Together, they present a compelling and provocative critique of architectural culture. All show a willingness to transgress the various mediums and territories of architecture, to recover and reopen certain discussions lost in the architectural discourse they have inherited.

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• Verlag: MIT Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0262581655
• ISBN 13: 9780262581653
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 275
• Herausgeber: Hughes Francesca