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Jeremy Till Architecture Depends (Paperback) MIT Press. Architecture depends—on what?. Architects, however, tend to deny this, fearing contingency and preferring to pursue perfection. Author: Jeremy Till. Title: Architecture Depends. Polemics and reflections on how to bridge the gap between what architecture actually is and what architects want it to be. Further DetailsTitle: Architecture Depends Condition: New Description: Polemics and reflections on how to bridge the gap between what architecture actually is and what architects want it to be. Architecture depends—on what? On people, time, politics, ethics, mess: the real world. Architecture, Jeremy Till argues with conviction in this engaging, sometimes pugnacious book, cannot help itself; it is dependent for its very existence on things outside itself. Despite the claims of autonomy, purity, and control that architects like to make about their practice, architecture is buffeted by uncertainty and contingency. Circumstances invariably intervene to upset the architect's best-laid plans—at every stage in the process, from design through construction to occupancy. Architects, however, tend to deny this, fearing contingency and preferring to pursue perfection. With Architecture Depends , architect and critic Jeremy Till offers a proposal for rescuing architects from themselves: a way to bridge the gap between what architecture actually is and what architects want it to be. Mixing anecdote, design, social theory, and personal experience, Till's writing is always accessible, moving freely between high and low registers, much like his suggestions for architecture itself. Author: Jeremy Till EAN: 9780262518789 Format: Paperback Country/Region of Manufacture: US ISBN: 9780262518789 Item Height: 229mm Item Length: 152mm Item Width: 16mm Item Weight: 431g Language: English ISBN-10: 0262518783 Genre: Architecture & Antiques Publisher: MIT Press Release Date: 02/08/2013 Series: MIT Press Release Year: 2013 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
