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Architects : Portraits of a Practice /
"This book portrays the lives and work of 10 architects who comprise the Millar Howard Workshop architectural firm based in the Cotswolds in the United Kingdom. Focusing on their activities and their work environment, Yarrow's book is narrative driven, full of stories of anxiety, exhilarat...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
2019.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Architects; Contents; Before the Beginning; Part 1 The Office; Arrival; Spaces Between; Understanding Architecture; A Particular Kind of Practice; Openings; Listen: First Impressions of the Office; Part 2 Lives; Between Person and Profession; Questions of Vocation; Listen: The Greedy Profession; Personal Vision; Listen: Myths of Origin; Designing and Making; Building Friendship; Starting to Doubt; Reflection: Architectural Lives; Part 3 Designs; A Feel for Place; Sites of Design; Dripping with History; Site Stories; Between Reality and Possibility; Between Intuition and Exploration
- Acts of DesignDesign Tools; Digital Romantics; Between Architect and Client; Listen: Channeling or Imposing Ideas?; Between One and One Another; Friends, Colleagues, Competitors; Deadlines; Magic Moments; Listen: Creative Time; Reflection: Creativity and Its Limits; Interlude: Two Kinds of Uncertainty; Listen: Angst in Architecture; Part 4 Pragmatics; Petrified Drawing; Between Concept and Plan; Coming into Focus; Listen: Cost and Design; Where Knowledge Meets; Problem Solving; Formality and Informality; At the Limits of the Contract; Disentanglement; Safe Hands; Professionalism
- Listen: Control and CreativityTime Frame; Rhythms of Work; Listen: Blocked; Reflection: Making Things as They Are; Part 5 Practical Completion; Knowledge at Its Limits; Architectural Expertise; Everyday Possibilities; Coda: An Argument for Description; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; Index