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Future Practice: Conversations from the Edge of Architecture
Rory Hyde
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Description for Future Practice: Conversations from the Edge of Architecture
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 63 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AMD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 183 x 125 x 27. Weight in Grams: 302.
Designers around the world are carving out opportunities for new kinds of engagement, new kinds of collaboration, new kinds of design outcomes, and new kinds of practice; overturning the inherited assumptions of the design professions. Seventeen conversations with practitioners from the fields of architecture, policy, activism, design, education, research, history, community engagement and more, each representing an emergent role for designers to occupy. Whether the "civic entrepreneur," the "double agent," or the "strategic designer," this book offers a diverse spectrum of approaches to design, each offering a potential future for architectural practice.
With a foreword by Dan Hill and interviews with ... Read more
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Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
303g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415533546
SKU
V9780415533546
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99-1
About Rory Hyde
Rory Hyde is a practicing architect working across design, research, broadcasting and building. He is contributing editor of Architecture Australia, and co-host of The Architects, a weekly radio show on architecture, which will be presented in the Australian pavilion at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale. Based in Amsterdam since 2009, Rory has worked with Volume magazine, MVRDV, the NAi, Viktor ... Read more
Reviews for Future Practice: Conversations from the Edge of Architecture
"That is exactly where the strength of Future Practice is: the book combines a moment of reflection on a wide range of proactive solutions." – Gebiedsontwikkeling "The dialogue format of the texts in Future Practice is pleasant to read and the structure also serves the hurried reader - among the 17 dialogues it's easy for readers to pick those ... Read more