Main entry:

Wasserman, Barry L.

Title & Author:

Ethics and the practice of architecture / Barry Wasserman, Patrick Sullivan, Gregory Palermo.

Publication:

New York : Wiley, ©2000.

Description:

xi, 324 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to Awareness. Engaging Ethics and Architecture. The Event That Is Architecture. Ethical Issues Embedded in Typical Architectural Practices. Arriving at Ethics. The Organization and Focus of Part I: Awareness -- Some Basics about Ethics. Initial Comments on the Nature of Ethics. Definitions. Roots of Ethics. The Spectrum of Ethics -- The Ethical Nature of Architecture. Architecture's Inherently Ethical Nature. Ethics and Architecture. Definitions of Architecture. Assertions of Architecture's Ethical Nature. An Architectural Example and Ethical Content -- A More In-Depth Look at Ethical Concepts. Four Principal Ethical Theories. Other Views on Ethics -- Businesses, Professions, and Ethical Obligations. What Is a Profession?

Summary:

"Ethics and the Practice of Architecture offers a complete, broad-based introduction to this crucial subject. First, it examines basic ethical theories and their application to architecture, and discusses different ways of identifying ethical content in architecture. Bridging the gap between theory and practice, the second part of the book surveys different professional settings and building project processes that frequently hold ethical concerns, and charts the ethical mandates that arise from them."
"In the final section of the book, thirty case studies explore a wide range of ethical dilemmas encountered in architectural practice, with useful guidance on how to work through them effectively. Arranged by topics that span the key phases of a project from pre-design through post-occupancy evaluation, these case studies allow a detailed look at ethical concerns in real-life situations where multiple issues are often at stake." "Providing a practical framework for the exploration of ethical issues in architecture today, Ethics and the Practice of Architecture is resource for present and future architects in all areas of the field."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0471298220 (pbk.)
9780471298229 (pbk.)

Subject:

Architects Professional ethics.
Architecture Moral and ethical aspects.
Architectes Déontologie.
Architecture Aspect moral.
Künstler
Architektursoziologie.
Architekturtheorie
Architektur
Ausbildung
Ethik
Kunst
Soziologie

Added entries:

Sullivan, Patrick.
Palermo, Gregory.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 216714
Call No.: NA1995 .W3 2000
Status: Available