Precision in Architecture: Certainty, Ambiguity and Deviation - Brossura

McVicar, Mhairi

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ISBN 10: 0415789613 ISBN 13: 9780415789615

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2019

Riassunto

This book offers a detailed insight into the desire for, and consequences of, precise communications in the daily life of contemporary architectural practice through close readings of constructed architectural details by Sigurd Lewerentz, Caruso St John Architects, Mies van der Rohe and OMA.

In the professionalised context of the contemporary architectural profession, precise communications – drawings, specifications, letters, faxes and emails – are charged with the complex task of translating architectural intent into a neutral and quantifiable language which is expected to guarantee an exact match between the architects’ intentions and the constructed result. Yet, as any architectural practitioner will know, it is doubtful whether the construction of any architectural project may ever exactly match all written and drawn predictions. This book challenges claims to certainty which have been attributed to such communications from the mid-nineteenth century onwards, and critiques ongoing expectations of certainty in contemporary architectural production.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Mhairi McVicar is a Reader at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, UK and practiced architecture in Chicago, London and the Orkney Islands. Her research, critically examining intersections between architectural theory and architectural practice, has been published with Routledge and Architectural Research Quarterly.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2019
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0415789613
• ISBN 13: 9780415789615
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 260
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