ABSTRACT
A unique collection of contemporary writings, this book explores the politics involved in the making and experiencing of architecture and cities from a cross-cultural and global perspective
Taking a broad view of the word ‘politics’, the essays address a range of questions, including:
- What is the relationship between politics and the making of space?
- What role has theory played in reinforcing or resisting political power?
- What are the political difficulties associated with working relationships?
- Do the products of our making construct our identity or liberate us?
A timely volume, focusing on an interdisciplinary debate on the politics of making, this is valuable reading for all students, professionals and academics interested or working in architectural theory.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |80 pages
Politics of Cities
part |76 pages
Politics of Makers
chapter |10 pages
Architectural Theory in the Service of the Crown
The foundation of the Académie royale d'architecture
chapter |10 pages
Ethical Dilemmas and Difficult Collaborations
An architect's view inside an award-winning but troubling project
chapter |10 pages
Towards a New Understanding of Architecture of Addition
The unrealised extensions of the Whitney Museum of American Art
part |114 pages
Politics of Seeing
chapter |14 pages
Down and Out in London?
Photography and the politics of representing Life in the Elephant, 1948 and 2005
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chapter |15 pages
Making by Stealing
The politics of Helen Chadwick's 'creative + manipulative theft'
