Architects' People

Name: Architects' People
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ISBN: 9780195054958

ISBN-10: 0195054954

ISBN-13: 9780195054958

Edition: 1989

Authors: Russell Ellis, Dana Cuff

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In the past there has been little reason to examine "architects' people"--the people who are imagined to occupy the buildings designed and executed by architects. Societies have historically provided clear rituals and rules for the built environment. Recently, however, the changing conditions of architectural conception and execution have resulted in a need for inventive, socially alert planning. This study, the first to survey the topic, presents architects' ideas about their "people." Contributors such as Robert Gutman and Kent Bloomer, provide fourteen diverse essays that look at individual architects--among them Vitruvius. Wright, Esherick, and Eisenman--and their spoken and written…

Book details

List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/17/1989
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.50" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Dana Cuff is Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a principal of the consulting firm Community Design Associates.