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Architecture and Its Ethical Dilemmas
Contributor(s): Ray, Nicholas (Editor)

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ISBN: 0415348692     ISBN-13: 9780415348690
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 2005
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Provocative, timely and extensive in scope, Architecture and its Ethical Dilemmas examines the changing role of architects and the particular professional dilemmas they face.
Architects and designers are constantly confronted by these ethical issues ranging from professional issues to more philosophical questions. Should architects spend some of their clients' money on features that would improve buildings even if they're not necessary or part of the clients' design brief? Who is architecture for? As the products of the architect's work are often in the public domain and reflect society's values, are architects too merely servants of society? What place does the professional architect-client relationship have in the 21st century? Can aesthetics be disassociated from ethics in a visual medium?
A cast of leading writers and practitioners tackle these questions from a range of perspectives across architecture, the building and design industries, social theory and philosophy to contribute to the growing literature in the sociology of the professions.

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BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Business Ethics
Dewey: 174.972
LCCN: 2005004680
Physical Information: 0.39" H x 7.28" W x 9.62" L (0.86 lbs) 192 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
 
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A cast of leading writers and practitioners tackle the ethical questions that architects are increasingly facing in their work, from practical considerations in construction to the wider social context of buildings, their appearance, use and place in the narrative of the environment. This book gives an account of these ethical questions from the perspectives of historical architectural practice, philosophy, and business, and examines the implications of such dilemmas. Taking the current discussion of ethics in architecture on to a new stage, this volume provides an accumulation of diverse opinions, focusing on architects' actions and products that materially affect the lives of people in all urbanized societies.

 
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