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Maintenance Architecture (MIT Press)
Hilary Sample
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Description for Maintenance Architecture (MIT Press)
Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages, 50 color illus., 36 b&w illus. BIC Classification: AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 237 x 19. Weight in Grams: 564.
An inventive examination of a crucial but neglected aspect of architecture, by an architect writing to architects. Maintenance plays a crucial role in the production and endurance of architecture, yet architects for the most part treat maintenance with indifference. The discipline of architecture values the image of the new over the lived-in, the photogenic empty and stark building over a messy and labored one. But the fact is: homes need to be cleaned and buildings and cities need to be maintained, and architecture no matter its form cannot escape from such realities. In Maintenance Architecture, Hilary Sample ... Read more
An inventive examination of a crucial but neglected aspect of architecture, by an architect writing to architects. Maintenance plays a crucial role in the production and endurance of architecture, yet architects for the most part treat maintenance with indifference. The discipline of architecture values the image of the new over the lived-in, the photogenic empty and stark building over a messy and labored one. But the fact is: homes need to be cleaned and buildings and cities need to be maintained, and architecture no matter its form cannot escape from such realities. In Maintenance Architecture, Hilary Sample ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The MIT Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
563 g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780262034975
SKU
V9780262034975
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About Hilary Sample
Hilary Sample is a Principal at MOS, Associate Professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture Planning, and Preservation, and author of Maintenance Architecture (MIT Press).
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