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: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262012537
• ISBN13: 9780262012539
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher