Why architects matter : evidencing and communicating the value of architects / Flora Samuel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Samuel, Flora, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architectural practice--Social aspects.

Architectural practice.

Architects--Training of.

Architects.

Physical Description:

xvi, 252 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.

Summary:

Why Architects Matter examines the key role of research- led, ethical architects in promoting wellbeing, sustainability and innovation. It argues that the profession needs to be clear about what it knows and the value of what it knows if it is to work successfully with others. Without this clarity, the marginalization of architects from the production of the built environment will continue, preventing clients, businesses and society from getting the buildings that they need. The book offers a strategy for the development of a twenty-first-century knowledge-led built environment, including tools to help evidence, develop and communicate that value to those outside the field. Knowing how to demonstrate the impact and value of their work will strengthen practitioners' ability to pitch for work and access new funding streams. This is particularly important at a time of global economic downturn, with ever greater competition for contracts and funds driving down fees and making it imperative to prove value at every level. Why Architects Matter straddles the spheres of `Practice Management and Law', 'History and Theory', 'Design', 'Housing', 'Sustainability', 'Health', 'Marketing' and 'Advice for Clients', bringing them into an accessible whole. The book will therefore be of interest to professional architects, architecture students and anyone with an interest in our built environment and the role of professionals within it.

Contents:

The Undervaluing of Architectural Knowledge. Public Image, Misinformation and the Bogey of Dispensability

The Profession

Cracks in the Professional Foundations: The Right Body of Knowledge

The Research Culture of Architects

The Value Agenda

The Value of Architects. So What is an Architect?

The Value of Social Architects

The Value of Cultural Architects

The Value of Knowledge Architects

Making the Most of Architects. Education for Uncertainty

Developing a Shared Language of Research

Models of Academic and Practice Research Collaboration

Incentivising Research in Practice

Risk and Research Strategy

Managing Knowledge in Practice.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138783935

1138783935

9781138783928

1138783927

OCLC:

1004206795