Architecture and its Ethical Dilemmas
Published on 24. October 2005
Book
Hardback
184 pages
978-0-415-34868-3 (ISBN)
Description
A cast of leading writers and practitioners tackle the ethical questions that architects are increasingly facing in their work, from practical considerations in construction to the wider social context of buildings, their appearance, use and place in the narrative of the environment. This book gives an account of these ethical questions from the perspectives of historical architectural practice, philosophy, and business, and examines the implications of such dilemmas. Taking the current discussion of ethics in architecture on to a new stage, this volume provides an accumulation of diverse opinions, focusing on architects' actions and products that materially affect the lives of people in all urbanized societies.
Reviews / Votes
'All the individual contributions ... are consistently well written and thought provoking.''All the individual contributions ... are consistently well written and thought provoking ... at a time when architects are being arrested in Japan for knowingly putting the public at risk for personal gain, this is an extremely timely publication which I would highly recommend.'
- Kevin Nute, The Architectural Review'A timely contribution to the advancement of the understanding of the complex range of ethical issues faced by the profession.' - Building Research & Information 'All the individual contributions ... are consistently well written and thought provoking ... at a time when architects are being arrested in Japan for knowingly putting the public at risk for personal gain, this is an extremely timely publication which I would highly recommend.' - Kevin Nute, The Architectural Review
'A timely contribution to the advancement of the understanding of the complex range of ethical issues faced by the profession.' - Building Research & Information
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
General, Postgraduate, and Professional
Illustrations
28 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder
28 Halftones, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 174 mm
Weight
540 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-34868-3 (9780415348683)
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Person
Nicholas Ray is Reader Emeritus at the University of Cambridge Department of Architecture. He is Fellow and Director of Studies in Architecture for Jesus College, Cambridge, and Director of Nicholas Ray Associates, architects, a practice mostly engaged in buildings for tertiary education. He is the author of Cambridge Architecture - a Concise Guide, numerous articles in professional journals and a forthcoming study of Alvar Aalto.
Content
Introduction Part 1: Historical Perspective 1. Practical Wisdom for Architects: or the Uses of Ethics 2. The Cambridge History Faculty Building: A Case Study in Ethical Dilemmas in the 20th Century Part 2: The Professional Context in the Twenty-First Century 3. Architecture and its Ethical Dilemmas 4. Architecture: Art and Accountability 5. Responsive Practice 6. On Being a Humble Architect Part 3: Accountability and the Architectural Imagination 7. Accountability, Trust and Professional Practice 8. Moral Imagination and the Practice of Architecture 9. Codes of Ethics and Coercion Part 4: Personal and Public Ethos 10. Hearth and Horizon 11. Architecture Luxury and Ethics Part 5: Ethics and Aesthetics 12. Less Aesthetics More Ethics 13. Architecture Morality and Taste 14. Afterword