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In the scheme of things : alternative thinking on the practice of architecture
- Title
- In the scheme of things : alternative thinking on the practice of architecture / Thomas R. Fisher.
- Author
- Fisher, Thomas, 1953-
- Publication
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2000.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | NA2500 .F563 2000 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xi, 155 pages; 21 cm
- Summary
- "In the Scheme of Things looks at architecture's need to respond creatively and meaningfully to the extraordinary changes affecting the profession now, changes that include the global economy, the advent of computer-aided design, and the growing disconnection between design schools, architectural practice, and the public."--Jacket.
- Subject
- 1900-1999
- Architecture > Philosophy
- Architecture and society > History > 20th century
- Architecture and philosophy
- architectural theory
- Architecture and philosophy
- Architecture and society
- Architecture > Philosophy
- Architektur
- Philosophie
- Architekturtheorie
- Architecten
- Bouwkunst
- Architecture and society > History > 20th century
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- The chapters originated as lectures or unpublished journal articles.
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Design in a world of flows -- Monocultures and multiculturalism -- The value and values of architecture -- The architect as a social hieroglyphic -- The fictions of architecture -- Critiquing the design culture -- Architectural fables -- The redesign of practice -- Babel revisited -- Bridging education and practice -- Architecture and pragmatism -- Needed : a conversation about ethics.
- ISBN
- 0816636532
- 9780816636532
- 0816636540
- 9780816636549
- LCCN
- 99089286
- OCLC
- ocm43076916
- 43076916
- SCSB-13601031
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library