Title & Author:

Reflections on architectural practices in the nineties / William S. Saunders, editor with Peter G. Rowe [and others].

Publication:

New York : Princeton Architectural Press, ©1996.

Description:

258 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: Architectural Practices in the 1990s / Peter G. Rowe -- Overviews of Architectural Practice and Education -- Introduction / Roger Ferris. Getting Beyond Architectural Monographs and "How-To" Management Books / Roger Ferris. Practice Realities Must Be Integrated in Design Studios / Fred Stitt. Architecture as Image: Can We Rein In this New Beast? / Andrew Saint. The Crisis of Confidence in Architects and the Public Design Review Process / John Morris Dixon. The Shaping of Architectural Practice / Elizabeth Padjen. Growing Complexities in Practice / A. Eugene Kohn. Remarks on the New Client and Market / Stephen Kliment. In Big Firms, Most Do Not Design / Stephen Kliment and Peter Forbes. Three Models for the Future of Practice / Thomas Fisher. On the Need for the Collaboration of Diverse People / Frances Halsband. How Should Architects Respond to Changes in Practice? / Andrea Leers. Beaux-Arts, Banhaus, and Regionalism: Architectural Education during the 1950s / Alexander Caragonne. A Moment in Architectural Education: The Harvard University Graduate School of Design in the 1940s / Robert Geddes. 1968 and its Aftermath: The Loss of Moral Confidence in Architectural Practice and Education / George Baird. Notes on the Fate of the Architectural Profession in the Post-Structuralist Era / George Baird. Mentors Are More Important than Curriculum / Margaret Henderson Floyd. Changing Roles for Architects: Conversations from a Colloquium. Craft in Architecture and Education / Dan Hoffman -- Professional Responsibilities and Ethics -- Introduction / Mack Scogin. Losing and Regaining Ground: A Jeremiad on the Future of the Profession / Carl Sapers. On Virtuous Architects / Carl Sapers. On Firms that Respond to User Needs / Charles B. Thomsen. Collaboration Is a Management Art / Charles B. Thomsen. The Evolution of Architectural Practice: National Certification and Uniform Reciprocity / Robert Fielden. On Liability and Litigation / Richard Crowell. Poverty and Greed in American Cities / David Harvey. What Is Politically Effective Architecture Now? / David Harvey and Manuel Castells. The Erosion of Public and Personal Spaces / Peter Davey. Regulation versus Art: Conversations from a Colloquium -- Forms and Frames of Practice -- Introduction / K. Michael Hays. The Connection of the State of the Economy to What is Taught in Architecture Schools: From Wealth, Theory; from Poverty, Practice / Frances Halsband. Patronage and Power / Magali Sarfatti Larson. Power in the Symbolic Economy / Sharon Zukin. Architectural Criticism and the Web of Practice / David Dillon. Collaborating with Minority Architects / Max Bond. Americans Belong to One Culture / Max Bond. Information Technology: A New Source of Empowerment for Architects / Spiro Pollalis. Framing the Fit / Rob Wellington Quigley. Pathetic Substitutes / Bruce Robbins -- The Global Economy and Architecture -- Introduction / Carol Burns. The Value-Extracting Economy: America's Response to Global Competition / William Lazonick. Los Angeles as Representative of New Global Urban Conditions / David Rieff. Globalization, Flows, and Identity: The New Challenges of Design / Manuel Castells. The New Centrality: The Impact of Telematics and Globalization / Saskia Sassen. Reasons for Agglomeration in Global Cities / Saskia Sassen. Design in an Increasingly Small World / Peter G. Rowe. Architecture and Globalization / Rem Koolhaas. Globalizing and Image Flowing: The Buenos Aires Case / Alberto Varas -- Implications for Design Education. Shaping Design Education / Peter G. Rowe.
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Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

1568980566 (alk. paper)
9781568980560 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Architectural practice United States.
Architectural services marketing United States.
Architecture Pratique États-Unis.
Services d'architecture Marketing États-Unis.
Architectural practice.
Architectural services marketing.
Bouwkunst.
Beroepspraktijk.
United States.

Added entries:

Saunders, William S.
Rowe, Peter G.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 120809
Call No.: ID NA1996.R34; ID:95-B2149
Status: Available