Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Efficacy of ArchitectureCondition: NewDescription: A significant ideological transition has taken place in the discipline of architecture in the last few years. Originating in a displeasure with the ‘starchitecture’ system and the focus on aesthetic innovation, a growing number of architects, emboldened by the 2007–8 economic crisis, have staged a rebellion against the dominant mode of architectural production. Against a ‘disinterested’ position emulating high art, they have advocated political engagement, citizen participation and the right to the city. Against the fascination with the rarefied architectural object, they have promoted an interest in everyday life, play, self-build and personalization. At the centre of this rebellion is the call for architecture to (re-)assume its social and political role in society. The Efficacy of Architecture supports the return of architecture to politics by interrogating theories, practices and instances that claim or evidence architectural agency. It studies the political theories animating the architects, revisits the emergence of reformist architecture in the late nineteenth century, and brings to the fore the relation of spatial organization to social forms. In the process, a clearer picture emerges of the agency of architecture, of the threats to as well as potentials for meaningful societal transformation through architectural design. Author: Tahl KaminerCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBEAN: 9781138909854Format: HardbackGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityISBN: 9781138909854Item Height: 246mmItem Length: 174mmItem Weight: 657gLanguage: EnglishPublisher: RoutledgeRelease Date: 12/12/2016Subtitle: Political Contestation and AgencyTopic: Architecture & AntiquesRelease Year: 2016 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The Efficacy of Architecture
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
EAN: 9781138909854
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
ISBN: 9781138909854
Release Date: 12/12/2016
Release Year: 2016
Subtitle: Political Contestation and Agency
Title: The Efficacy of Architecture
Topic: Architecture & Antiques
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Efficacy of Architecture : Political Contestation and Agency
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: General
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2016
Item Weight: 23.2 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Tahl Kaminer
Item Length: 9.8 in
Subject Area: Architecture
Item Width: 7.1 in
Format: Hardcover
