In the scheme of things : alternative thinking on the practice of architecture / Thomas R. Fisher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fisher, Thomas, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Philosophy.

Architecture.

Architecture and society--History--20th century.

Architecture and society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 155 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

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."--BOOK JACKET.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; 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; Index

Notes:

The chapters originated as lectures or unpublished journal articles.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780816691951

0816691959

OCLC:

171126793