Prospects for an ethics of architecture / William M. Taylor and Michael P. Levine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, William M., 1960- author.

Contributor:

Levine, Michael P., 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture and philosophy.

Architecture and society.

Architecture--Moral and ethical aspects.

Architecture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bringing together the reflections of an architectural theorist and a philosopher, this book encourages philosophers and architects, scholars and designers alike, to reconsider what they do as well as what they can do in the face of challenging times. It does so by exploring the notion that architecture and design can (and possibly should), in their own right, make for a distinctive form of ethical investigation.The book is less concerned with absolutist understandings of the two components of ethics, a theory of 'the good' and a theory of 'the right', than with remaining open to mult

Contents:

Ethics, architecture and philosophy

Architecture, ethics and aesthetics

Architecture and culture

Experiencing architecture

Writing on 'the Wall': memory, monuments and memorials

Building community: new urbanism, planning and democracy.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-135-72343-5

0-203-72103-9

1-283-88579-4

1-135-72336-2

OCLC:

823389168