ABSTRACT
These essays, written over a third of a century during a time of huge ideological, technological and methodological upheaval, witness British architecture's unceasing negotation with a vast and rigorous set of constraints and its eventual emergence as a truly modern profession - a special interest group responsive and answerable to social changes but shaped and informed by values and principles that may be on a longer cycle and perhaps a loftier plane. The backdrop to this debate is the term of presidency of the RIBA held by Francis Duffy, Chairman of DEGW, UK, between 1993 and 1995. During this period the architectural profession faced major challenges and threats. The book looks at the relationship between the architectural profession and the built environment in the context of the great political and social cycles in the British post-war period. Francis Duffy's writings provide additional insights and viewpoints to the subject.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|7 pages
1945–1979 The Discipline of Architecture
chapter 1|12 pages
Architects and the Social Sciences (1968)
chapter 2|9 pages
Petrified Typologies (1969)
chapter 3|15 pages
Office Design and Organizations (1974)
chapter 4|4 pages
Buildings Never Lie (1976)
chapter 5|8 pages
Systems Thinking (1991)
chapter 6|6 pages
Bürolandschaft 1958–1978 (1979)
part 2|6 pages
1979–1991 The Practice of Architecture
chapter 7|12 pages
Office Buildings and Society (1981)
chapter 8|5 pages
Organizations, Buildings and Information Technology (1983)
chapter 9|3 pages
The Changing Role of the Architect (1984)
chapter 10|8 pages
Responding to Change (1985)
chapter 11|6 pages
A Case For More Collaboration (1986)
chapter 12|3 pages
Architectural Practice (1989)
chapter 13|6 pages
The Professional in the Built Environment (1991)
part 3|6 pages
1992–1997 The Profession of Architecture