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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784451803321

Titolo

An architect's guide to fame [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Paul Davies and Torsten Schmiedeknecht ; photography by Julie Cook

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier, : Architectural Press, c2005

ISBN

1-136-42993-X

1-280-64197-5

9786610641970

0-08-045490-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (417 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DaviesPaul <1961->

SchiedeknechtTorsten

CookJulie

Disciplina

659.19/72

Soggetti

Advertising - Architects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-359) and index.

Nota di contenuto

An Architect's Guide to Fame; Contents; Foreword; Prologue; Acknowledgments; Part I PAPER ARCHITECTURE; Part II BRICKS AND MORTAR; Part III CONDUITS; Part IV PORTRAITS; Notes; Biographies; List of Images; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This lively text provides a candid inquiry into the contemporary means by which architects get work and (for better or worse) become famous. In response to the reciprocal relationship between publicity and everyday architectural practice, this book examines the mechanisms by which architects seek publicity and manage to establish themselves and their work ahead of their colleagues. Through the essays of specialist contributors, this book enables the reader to understand the complex relationship between what they see as the built environment and the unwritten sto