A Theory for Practice : Architecture in Three Discourses

By Bill Hubbard Jr., William L. Hubbard, William Lines Hubbard

Book Overview

To speak comprehensively about a building today requires thinking about the building in three different ways - as an instance of architectural order, as an embodiment of values about living, and as an instrument for bringing about results. With this insight, Bill Hubbard offers architects a new way of thinking about the work they do. He looks at all of the groups with an interest in a work of architecture - owners, inhabitants, customers, community groups, critics and historians, architecture schools - and presents a conceptual framework in which those disparate interests are not just given a place but are honoured for providing different perspectives on the building.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262581450
• ISBN13: 9780262581455
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: Mit Pr
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"