Architecture Depends

by Jeremy Till

Book Overview

Polemics and reflections on how to bridge the gap between what architecture actually is and what architects want it to be.

Architecture depends--on what? On people, time, politics, ethics, mess: the real world. Architecture, Jeremy Till argues with conviction in this engaging, sometimes pugnacious book, cannot help itself; it is dependent for its very existence on things outside itself. Despite the claims of autonomy, purity, and control...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262518783
• ISBN13: 9780262518789
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher