The Architect: Chapters in the History of the Profession (Galaxy Books)
Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, New York, 1986
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Essays explaining the role of the architect throughout history.
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- Title
- The Architect: Chapters in the History of the Profession (Galaxy Books)
- Author
- Kostof, Spiro (editor)
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, New York
- Publication year
- 1986
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0195040449
- ISBN 13
- 9780195040449
- Item weight
- 1.2 pounds
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Spiro Kostof's The Architect, a collection of essays by historians and architects, explores these and other intriguing questions about the profession of architecture. The first book in more than fifty years to survey the profession from its beginnings in ancient Egypt to the modern day, it is the most complete synthesis to date of our knowledge of how the architect's profession developed. Included are a major study of the Beaux-Arts, a vivid memoir by the distinguished architect Josephy Esherick, and an excellent chapter on women which demostrates how the ethic of professionalism has contributed to the exploitation of women in this as in many other professions.
The Architect places the current dilemma about the architect's role in society in historical perspective and offers a good overview of the development of one of the world's oldest professions.
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