Palladio's Children

副标题: Essays on Everyday Environment and the Architect

ISBN: 9780415357913

出版社: Taylor & Francis

出版年: 2005-11-21

页数: 224

定价: USD 41.95

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

Based on many years of personal observation, Habraken's important new book critically examines the role of the architect as a professional descendent of Palladio, and as an heir to his architectural legacy. Seven innovative and carefully crafted essays explore the widening ideological schism between today's architects whose core values, identity, and education remain rooted in the Renaissance legacy of creating artful 'masterpieces', and the practical demands on a profession which acts within an evolving, ubiquitous, and autonomous built environment or 'field'. Clearly written yet expressing complex evolving ideas, this extended argument opens a new forum of debate across design theory, professional practice, and academic issues. Moving the subject on from a historical perspective, Habraken shows how architects are increasingly involved in the design of everyday buildings. This must lead to a reassessment of architects' identities, values and education, and the contribution of the architect in the shaping of the built environment.