The Theory of Architecture: Concepts, Themes & PracticesThis jargon-free guide to design and architecture theory helps professionals engage in the discourse of where and what architecture is, and has been. |
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Page 155
... profession ' has been used many times already in this book but is here addressed for the first time in a little detail . Since obligation and accountability are an inherent part of the definition of a profession , modern professions ...
... profession ' has been used many times already in this book but is here addressed for the first time in a little detail . Since obligation and accountability are an inherent part of the definition of a profession , modern professions ...
Page 156
... profession is being undermined " ( 21 ) . In other words , unlike architect - employees who maintain the faith , the public seems less convinced by the ideals of the profession , at least as they are represented in practice . The issue ...
... profession is being undermined " ( 21 ) . In other words , unlike architect - employees who maintain the faith , the public seems less convinced by the ideals of the profession , at least as they are represented in practice . The issue ...
Page 302
... profession collectively . For this reason , architecture as a profession is always erring on the side of conservatism and convention ; it always works toward maintaining its customs and reinforc- ing its habits ; otherwise it ceases to ...
... profession collectively . For this reason , architecture as a profession is always erring on the side of conservatism and convention ; it always works toward maintaining its customs and reinforc- ing its habits ; otherwise it ceases to ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Chapter 1 | 25 |
B Social Aspects of Theory | 50 |
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