Precision in Architecture: Certainty, Ambiguity and Deviation

by Mhairi McVicar

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415789613
• ISBN13: 9780415789615
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.8" x 9.7"