Title & Author:

The identity of the architect : culture & communication / guest-edited by Laura Iloniemi ; [contributors, Nigel Coates [and nineteen others]].

Publication:

Oxford ; Chichester, West Sussex, England : John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2019.

Description:

136 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color plans ; 29 cm

Series:

Profile ; no. 262
Architectural design ; vol. 89, 06.

Notes:
"November/December 2019."
Includes bibliographical references.
About the guest-editor, Laura Iloniemi -- Creating worlds: how identities are lost and found / Laura Iloniemi -- Rise, fall and reinvention: the architect's shifting identity / Stephen Bayley -- Slippery when wet: the corporate language of architecture / Vicky Richardson -- Design for sensory reality: from visuality to existential experience / Juhani Pallasmaa -- A hybrid practice model: expert differentiation / Jenny E. Sabin -- The man in the concrete mask: the metamorphosis of Charles-Édouard Jeanneret / Jonathan Glancey -- Worldcraft: building worlds on project at a time / Daria Pahhota -- Observations on drawing: the art of architecture / Gabor Gallov -- The personal is universal: on Aldo Rossi's autobiography / Robin Monotti Graziadei -- Working with architects: from process to identity / Crispin Kelly -- Exhibiting architecture: between the profession and the public / Owen Hopkins -- Test bed: communication through product design / Roger Howie -- The social media monster: dangers and thrills only partially glimpsed / Adam Nathaniel Furman -- China's global introspection: managing critical thinking / Austin Williams -- New architecture of the South Pacific: how the Māori worldview is changing New Zealand's built environment / Justine Harvey -- Figure heads: leadership and succession in architectural practice / Caroline Cole -- They've lost it: a balancing act, MVRDV and the language of marketing / Jan Knikker -- The image of architects: from the explicit to the inexplicit / Jay Merrick -- Holding on to our principles: why manifestoes matter / Thomas Bryans -- The public role of the architect: architecture is the medium, what is the message? / Ian Ritchie -- The selfie of an architect / Nigel Coates.

Summary:

Today there are more tools for communication that ever before, yet very little in the way of reflection on how these are being used and even less on what exactly is being conveyed. This issue of AD looks at how architecture is communicated from a cultural perspective. Do the identities of practices or their business-driven branding and promotional efforts resonate with the critical acclaim many architects seek? Has slick image-led media coverage sold the profession short? How is it possible to convey the less visual and haptic qualities of architecture? Can architects be more creative in their communication efforts, making these joyous on their own terms as Le Corbusier did so memorably? Is there really a need to succumb to the world of corporate marketing processes and managerial business jargon? This issue explores notions of editing and curating work in an age of data deluge, and discusses social media as a genuinely alternative space for communication rather than for just repurposing and regurgitating information relayed. The Identity of the Architect encourages the promotion of practices as an integral extension of the very culture they hope to engender through their work.

ISBN:

1119546214
9781119546214
9781119546252 (ePub ebook)
9781119546221 (PDF ebook)

Subject:

Architecture and society.
Architects.
Identity (Psychology) in architecture.
Architectural practice.
Communication and culture.
Architecture, Modern 21st century.
Architectural design.
Identité (Psychologie) en architecture.
Communication et culture.
Architecture 21e siècle.
Design architectural.
Architecture et société.
Architectes.
architects.
Architecture, Modern

Added entries:

Iloniemi, Laura, editor. contributor.
Richardson, Vicky, 1968- contributor.
Pallasmaa, Juhani, contributor.
Sabin, Jenny E., contributor.
Glancey, Jonathan, contributor.
Graziadei, Robin Monotti, contributor.
Kelly, Crispin, 1956- contributor.
Hopkins, Owen, 1984- contributor.
Furman, Adam Nathaniel, contributor.
Williams, Austin, contributor.
Knikker, Jan, contributor.
Merrick, Jay, contributor.
Ritchie, Ian, 1947- contributor.
Coates, Nigel, contributor.
Profile (Chichester, England) ; no.262.
Architectural design (London, England : 1971) ; v. 89, no. 6.

Identity of the architect : culture and communication

Holdings:

Location: Library main periodicals 307691
Call No.: W.A755
Copy: v. 89 (November/December 2019)
Status: Available