Main entry:

International Conference on Architectural Criticism (2nd : 2022 : Navarre, Spain),

Title & Author:

Defining architectural quality / Silvia Arango [and 12 others] ; editors, José Manuel Pozo and Wilfried Wang.

Publication:

Zurich : Park Books [2026]
©2026

Description:

190 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 26 cm

Notes:
"This book is published following the International Conference on Defining Architectural Quality held on October 8, 9, 15, and 16, 2022 at Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura, Universidad de Navarra"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction. The audacity of criticism / José Manuel Pozo -- Challenges to architectural criticism / Elias Constantopoulos -- Back to the origins : utilitas, firmitas, venustas, ... and oeconomia / José Manuel Pozo -- The ethical dimension of architectural quality / Şengül Öymen Gür -- Quality-and recognition of quality-in architecture / Silvia Arango -- Context matters : architecture in a time of flux / Rahul Mehrotra -- Defining architectural quality : Hitchcock's and Summerson's criticism of the modernist canon / João Navarrete -- A reflection on temporal distance in the recognition of architectural quality / Luis Miguel Cortés Sánchez -- Quality for whom? Critics versus users / Marta Peixoto -- Architectural visions and intangible materials : interpretation of time and sensory perception as design materials / Mara Bitrou -- Performative practice defining architectural quality / Jasna Galjer -- Form as the ultimate basis for architectural evaluation / Morten Birk Jørgensen -- Detailing quality : relational thought across scales in architecture / Eric Bellin -- Architectural quality / Wilfried Wang.

Summary:

"Following the 2022 International Conference on Architectural Criticism hosted by the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura, Universidad de Navarra, this comprehensive set of essays covers the spectrum of issues that determine architectural quality. While quantitative and technical evaluations of buildings abound internationally, the qualitative assessment of architectural works has hitherto been neglected. This unique collection of definitions of architectural quality in the second volume in the series of CICA International Conferences, ranging from general observations and theories to case studies, lays a rigorous foundation for assessing architectural works"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9783038604716
3038604712

Subject:

Architectural criticism Congresses.
Architecture Aesthetics Congresses.
Architecture Philosophy Congresses.
Architecture Evaluation Congresses.
Architecture Évaluation Congrès.
Architecture Esthétique Congrès.
Critique d'architecture Congrès.
Architecture Philosophie Congrès.
Architectural practice.
Architecture.
Building Quality control.

Form/genre:

proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.

Added entries:

Arango, Silvia, 1948- contributor.
Pozo Municio, José Manuel, editor.
Wang, Wilfried, editor.
Universidad de Navarra. Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura, host institution.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room new acquisitions 325672
Call No.: 325672
Copy: 1
Status: Available