The Architect
Chapters in the History of the Profession
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 15. March 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
405 pages
978-0-520-22604-3 (ISBN)
Description
The Architectwas the first book in fifty years to survey the role of the profession from its beginnings in ancient Egypt to the present. Without claiming to cover every period in every country, it is nonetheless the most complete synthesis available of what is known about one of the oldest professions in the world. Dana Cuff considers the continuing relevance of the book and evaluates changes in architectural practice and the profession since 1965, most particularly digital technology, globalization, and environmental concerns.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
75 b-w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
635 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-520-22604-3 (9780520226043)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
06/1986
Oxford University Press
€15.60
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Persons
Spiro Kostof (1936-1991) was Professor of Architectural History at the University of California, Berkeley. Among his books are A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals, second edition (1995) and The City Shaped: Urban Patterns and Meanings through History (1993). Dana Cuff is Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of California, Los Angeles, and author of Architecture: The Story of Practice (1991) and The Provisional City (2000).
Content
CONTRIBUTORS Bernard Michael Boyle Joan Draper Joseph Esherick Leopold Ettlinger Spiro Kostof William L. MacDonald Myra Nan Rosenfeld Catherine Wilkinson John Wilton-Ely Gwendolyn Wright