Steven A. Moore

Questioning Architectural Judgment

The Problem of Codes in the United States

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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 sim… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Wilson, Barbara B.

ISBN: 978-1-135-07987-1
EAN: 9781135079871
Produktnummer: 16950485
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Seitenangabe: 296 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 11'117 KB
Abbildungen: 44 schwarz-weiße Fotos, 20 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen, 7 schwarz-weiße Tabellen

Über den Autor

Steven A. Moore is Bartlett Cocke Professor of Architecture and Planning and Director of the Graduate Program in Sustainable Design at the University of Texas at Austin, USA.Barbara Wilson is an Assistant Professor of Planning and Sustainable Design and the Director for the Center of Sustainable Development at the University of Texas at Austin, USA.