Prospects for an ethics of architecture / / William M. Taylor and Michael P. Levine

• Autore: Taylor William M. <1960-, >
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Disciplina: 174/.972
• Soggetto topico: Architecture and philosophy; Architecture and society; Architecture - Moral and ethical aspects
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: LevineMichael P (Michael Philip)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Ethics, architecture and philosophy -- Architecture, ethics and aesthetics -- Architecture and culture -- Experiencing architecture -- Writing on 'the Wall': memory, monuments and memorials -- Building community: new urbanism, planning and democracy.
• Sommario/riassunto: Bringing together the reflections of an architectural theorist and a philosopher, this book encourages philosophers and architects, scholars and designers alike, to reconsider what they do as well as what they can do in the face of challenging times. It does so by exploring the notion that architecture and design can (and possibly should), in their own right, make for a distinctive form of ethical investigation.The book is less concerned with absolutist understandings of the two components of ethics, a theory of 'the good' and a theory of 'the right', than with remaining open to mult
• Titolo autorizzato: Prospects for an ethics of architecture
• ISBN: 0-203-72103-9; 1-283-88579-4; 1-135-72336-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452553503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II