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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As an entity, a profession is an occupation in which there is a public declaration
of skill, learning, and expertise being offered to and involving the affairs of others.
From the late sixteenth century it came to mean any 'calling'— hence vocation ...
As an entity, a profession is an occupation in which there is a public declaration
of skill, learning, and expertise being offered to and involving the affairs of others.
From the late sixteenth century it came to mean any 'calling'— hence vocation ...
Page 156
The public's trust in the fidelity of the 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
...
The public's trust in the fidelity of the 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
...
Page 302
This disinfection applies at the level of an individual building as much as to the
profession collectively. For this reason, architecture as a profession is always
erring on the side of conservatism and convention; it always works toward ...
This disinfection applies at the level of an individual building as much as to the
profession collectively. For this reason, architecture as a profession is always
erring on the side of conservatism and convention; it always works toward ...
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
THEORETICAL POSITIONS | 25 |
B Social Aspects of Theory | 50 |
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| Title | The Theory of Architecture: Concepts, Themes & Practices |
| Author | Paul Alan Johnson |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1994 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Nov 2007 |
| ISBN | 0442013442, 9780442013448 |
| Length | 486 pages |
| Subjects | › › Architecture / General Architecture / History / General Architecture / Reference |
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