Architecture The Story of Practice

Name: Architecture The Story of Practice
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ISBN: 9780262531122

ISBN-10: 0262531127

ISBN-13: 9780262531122

Edition: 1992 (Reprint)

Authors: Dana Cuff

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Although architecture is the fastest-growing profession in America, its private context remains shrouded in myth. In this book, Dana Cuff delves into the architect's everyday work world to uncover an intricate social art of design. The result is a new portrait of the profession that sheds light on what it means to become an architect, how design problems are construed and resolved, how clients and architects negotiate, and how design excellence is achieved. Dana Cuff has taught as a social scientist among architects and as an architect among social scientists. Her participant/observer studies for this book, carried out over the past decade, involved more than 200 individuals representing…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 7/8/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.628
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.