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Assembling the Architect: The History and Theory of Professional Practice de George Barnett Johnston

Assembling the Architect: The History and Theory of Professional Practice

Autor George Barnett Johnston
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 22 ian 2020
Assembling the Architect explores the origins and history of architectural practice. It unravels the competing interests that historically have structured the field and cultivates a deeper understanding of the contemporary profession.Focusing on the period 1870 to 1920 when the foundations were being laid for the U.S. architectural profession that we recognize today, this study traces the formation and standardization of the fundamental relationships among architects, owners, and builders, as codified in the American Institute of Architects' very first Handbook of Architectural Practice. It reveals how these archetypal roles have always been fluid, each successfully redefining their own agency with respect to the others in the constantly-shifting political economy of building.Far from being a purely historical study, the book also sheds light on today's digitally-enabled profession. Contemporary architectural tools and disciplinary ideals continue to be shaped by the same fundamental tensions, and emergent modes of practice such as BIM (Building Information Modelling) and IPD (Integrated Project Delivery) represent the realization of programs and agendas that have been over a century in play.Essential reading for professional practice courses as a contextual and historical companion to the Handbook, Assembling the Architect provides a critical perspective of the profession that is fundamental to understanding current architectural practice.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781350126862
ISBN-10: 1350126861
Pagini: 320
Ilustrații: 74 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.7 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

2020 is the 100-year anniversary of the publication of the AIA's standard professional reference work 'The Handbook of Architectural Practice' (now The Architect's Handbook of Professional Practice, 15th edn, 2014). This work is the key reference point to this study

Notă biografică

George Barnett Johnston is Professor of Architecture at Georgia Institute of Technology and principal of Johnston+Dumais [architects].

Cuprins

List of FiguresPrefaceIntroduction1. Seeing Double: Histories of Architectural of Practice1. Owners and Builders, Their Umpires and Agentsa. Fifty Years Agob. The Uniform Contract2. Mr. Day's Handbook3. The Wisdom of Tom Thumtack4. Another Kind of Architects' Handbook 2. The Architect's Office1. Pictures at an Exhibition2. Rockwell Kent3. Squires & Wynkoop 4. Ewing & Chappell 5. The Architects' Building 3. Architect and Owner 1. A Collection of Practices2. Various Forms of Architectural Service3. The Selection of an Architecta. By Direct Selectionb. By Competition4. Fees, Contracts, and Consultantsa. "Fees - A Reductio Ad Absurdum"b. Agreement Between Owner and Architectc. Employment of Engineers and Other Consulting Specialists5. The Architect-Owner Relationshipa. The Architect's Statusb. The Owner's Duties 4. Architects and Builders 1. Card Games and Boxing Matches2. General Contractors3. Architect as Owner's Agent4. Builders Organizea. William Saywardb. A "Critical Analysis"c. Arbitration versus Arbitrariness5. A New Standard of Care 5. Tools, Technology, Practice a. Drawings and Specsb. Supervision and Superintendencec. Shop Drawingsd. Change Orderse. The Quantity System2. New Tools of Practicea. BIM and IPDb. Architectural Practice, Artificial Intelligence3. A Conversion Bibliography Index

Recenzii

Johnston's study of architectural practice stands apart from other histories of the profession because it emphasizes thebusiness of architecture as a determinant of the profession ... The strength of Johnston's study is in how it framesarchitectural practice as a series of relationships that support and challenge one another.
Through a scholarly yet imaginative weaving of architectural practice's history inn the United States at a critical junction in time, Assembling the Architect sets original grounds for a broader theory of the profession, where socio-technical reflection becomes a true compass for informed action.
For all those who wish the profession of architecture was highly valued by and broadly accessible to a wide range of publics, Johnston reminds us that these goals are not new and have been poorly served by the well-meaning attempts to protect the integrity of the profession in the past. By tracing the evolution of the instruments of services, model law and ethical debates of the past, we see how architects have protected increasingly limited zones of influence. Seeking more equitable, integrated and data-enabled future practices, we would do well to heed the lessons of the past.
Johnston's detailed and colourful vignettes are a rigorous work of reconstruction ... The ease with which the text glides from one protagonist to another provides a rewarding reading experience ... His book provides a portal into the world of American architects a century ago.