Quality Out Of Control
By: Dutoit, Allison (Edited by), Odgers, Juliet (Edited by), Sharr, Adam (Edited by).
Taylor & Francis Ltd. Published: 04/01/2010. Audience Guide: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly.
Hardback. Sourced from U.S.A.
Formerly grounded in values of craftsmanship, in the skilled making of products, 'quality' is now associated with the management of administrative or technical processes. Its appreciation, once based in the exercise of individual judgement and taste, is now often founded on supposedly objective systems of evaluation.
Practitioners of design are under pressure to quantify 'quality', but it is questionable whether it is possible or even desirable to do so. This book considers this important issue, looking at how quality is:
- defined
- appreciated
- evaluated
- managed
- produced
With contributions from eminent architects and architectural critics, this book is for architects, academics, students and anyone interested in what architectural quality is, and how it may be achieved.
Item Details
ISBN10/13: 0415553652/9780415553650
TITLE: Quality Out of Control
CONTRIBUTORS: Dutoit, Allison (Edited by), Odgers, Juliet (Edited by), Sharr, Adam (Edited by)
IMPRINT: Routledge
PUBLISHER: Taylor & Francis Ltd
FORMAT: Hardback
PUBLICATION DATE: 04/01/2010
SUBJECT: Architecture, Theory
DIMENSIONS (Width x Height): 156mm x 234mm
PAGES: 240
AUDIENCE GUIDE: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
ILLUSTRATIONS: 7 black & white tables, 70 black & white halftones
CONTENTS: Foreword Richard Weston Introduction Allison Dutoit, Juliet Odgers, Adam Sharr Part 1: Appreciation 1. Landscapes of Experience Adam Caruso 2. Even Pavements in Verona are Marble: John Ruskin, Adrian Stokes and the Stones of Verona Stephen Kite 3. Taste Flora Samuel Part 2: Production 4. Designing in Quality Juliet Odgers and Flora Samuel 5. Assessing Design Quality in Architectural Education Helena Webster 6. Leslie Martin and the Science of Architectural Form Adam Sharr 7. Ugly Little Angels Revisited Matthew Cohen 8. Passion and Control: Lewerentz and a Mortar Joint Mhairi McVicar Part 3: Belief 9. Necessary Qualifications: Design Before, During, and After Construction David Leatherbarrow 10. Simplicity and Belief Marc Treib 11. Stirling's Worth: The Quality of the Florey Building Igea Troiani Part 4: Measure 12. Water and the Historicity of Perception: The New Royal Baths at Bath Juliet Odgers 13. The Qualia of Architectural Experience: On Sullivan, Szarowski, Autobiographies and Ideas Hugh Campbell 14. The Architect's Signature as a Sign of Quality Paul Emmons 15. Quality beyond Measure: Architecture in the Lacanian Account of Culture Catherine Belsey Afterword Theodore Landrum
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