Exactitude: On Precision and Play in Contemporary Architecture
Editat de Pari Riahi PhD, Laure Katsaros PhD, Michael T. Davis PhDen Limba Engleză Paperback – 17 iun 2022
The eleven essays collected here investigate the possibilities and shortcomings of exactitude and delve into current debates about the state of contemporary architecture as both a technological craft and artistic creation. Featuring new work by leading theorists, historians, editors, architects, and scholars, this volume brings theory and practice into insightful and productive conversations. In addition to the editors, contributors include Mark Wigley, Alejandro Zaera-Polo, Eric Höweler, Christopher Benfey, Sunil Bald, Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano with Thomas de Monchaux, Alicia Imperiale, Francesca Hughes, Teresa Stoppani, and Cynthia Davidson.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781625346711
ISBN-10: 1625346719
Pagini: 216
Ilustrații: 38 illus.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Editura: University of Massachusetts Press
Colecția University of Massachusetts Press
ISBN-10: 1625346719
Pagini: 216
Ilustrații: 38 illus.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Editura: University of Massachusetts Press
Colecția University of Massachusetts Press
Notă biografică
PARI RIAHI is a registered architect and assistant professor of architecture at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and author of Ars et Ingenium: The Embodiment of Imagination in Francesco di Giorgio Martini’s Drawings.
LAURE KATSAROS is professor of French at Amherst College, where she is also affiliated with the program in architectural studies. Most recently, she is author of New York–Paris: Whitman, Baudelaire, and the Hybrid City.
MICHAEL T. DAVIS is professor emeritus of art history and founder of the program for architectural studies at Mount Holyoke College. He has published extensively on French Gothic architecture.
LAURE KATSAROS is professor of French at Amherst College, where she is also affiliated with the program in architectural studies. Most recently, she is author of New York–Paris: Whitman, Baudelaire, and the Hybrid City.
MICHAEL T. DAVIS is professor emeritus of art history and founder of the program for architectural studies at Mount Holyoke College. He has published extensively on French Gothic architecture.
Recenzii
“The ten thoroughly researched and documented essays . . . bring theory and practice closer and lead readers to ask what core values should orient architects at this particular time . . . Recommended.”—CHOICE
“An important and timely set of contributions on an indispensable topic for architecture.”—Mohsen Mostafavi, editor of Ethics of the Urban: The City and the Spaces of the Political
“This collection of essays by leading practitioners and highly regarded theoreticians considers the possibilities and impossibilities of interrelated topics: exactness, accuracy, precision, error, tolerance, and play. Exactitude is a significant topic that has not been widely addressed, and the authors here are important and well-known voices.”—Paul Emmons, associate dean for graduate studies at the Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center, Virginia Tech
“An important and timely set of contributions on an indispensable topic for architecture.”—Mohsen Mostafavi, editor of Ethics of the Urban: The City and the Spaces of the Political
“This collection of essays by leading practitioners and highly regarded theoreticians considers the possibilities and impossibilities of interrelated topics: exactness, accuracy, precision, error, tolerance, and play. Exactitude is a significant topic that has not been widely addressed, and the authors here are important and well-known voices.”—Paul Emmons, associate dean for graduate studies at the Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center, Virginia Tech