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Trade Paperback. Condición: Used - Very Good. Does fame empower architecture or undermine it? Does the star power orcult status of an architect enhance the art or dilute it? This issue of Perspecta --the oldest and most distinguished student-edited, university-based Americanarchitecture journal -- examines the inner workings of fame as it relates toarchitecture though media and culture. It looks at how the commodification ofarchitecture affects the design process -- whether fame emphasizes all the wrongaspects of architecture or provides the only way an architect can produce trulyambitious projects. How does architecture generate fame? And how does fame generatearchitecture?Celebrity permeates all levels of contemporary society; architecture, academia, the architectural press, and the mainstream media all play a role inpromoting the mystique of the designer genius. The tradition of learning throughapprenticeship and the struggle to have projects commissioned and built perpetuatethe importance of the famous architect. Does this serve architecture or only thearchitectural star? The contributors to Perspecta examine both sides of theargument: Architecture moves forward through a process of innovation; fame providesthe architect with the leverage needed to accomplish innovation. Or is it that fame, because of its relationship to the media and popular tastes, inevitably dilutes thequality of the architecture? Does 'famous' architecture glorify only itself andneglect the people, the values, and the functions that it must serve? This issue of Perspecta discusses whether fame empowers architecture by giving architects leverage to produce ambitious projects or undermines architecture by diluting the quality and neglecting the values it must serve. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks.

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