Architecture Depends by Jeremy Till
Polemics and reflections on how to bridge the gap between what architecture actually is and what architects want it to be.Architecture depends--on what? On people, time, politics, ethics, mess: the real world. Architecture, Jeremy Till argues with conviction in this engaging, sometimes pugnacious book, cannot help itself; it is dependent for its very existence on things outside itself. Despite the claims of autonomy, purity, and control that architects like to make about their practice, architecture is buffeted by uncertainty and contingency. Circumstances invariably intervene to upset the architect's best-laid plans--at every stage in the process, from design through construction to occupancy. Architects, however, tend to deny this, fearing contingency and preferring to pursue perfection. With Architecture Depends, architect and critic Jeremy Till offers a proposal for rescuing architects from themselves: a way to bridge the gap between what architecture actually is and what architects want it to be. Mixing anecdote, design, social theory, and personal experience, Till's writing is always accessible, moving freely between high and low registers, much like his suggestions for architecture itself.-
The Design of Everyday Things
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How to Write a Thesis
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The Invincible
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Understanding Media
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Learning From Las Vegas
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One Place after Another
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Theory of Colours
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His Master's Voice
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The Outer Limits of Reason
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The Originality of the Avant-Garde and Other Modernist Myths
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The Embodied Mind
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Frankenstein
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Collage City
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Speculative Everything
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The Four Books on Architecture
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Artificial Unintelligence
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Hamlet on the Holodeck
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The Elusive Quest for Growth
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The Elements of Computing Systems
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Programs and Manifestoes on 20th-Century Architecture
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The Architectural Uncanny
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Consciousness
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How Change Happens
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Memoirs of a Space Traveler
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A Primer of Visual Literacy
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Remediation
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Spotify Teardown
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Models of My Life
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The Little Schemer
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The Deleuze Connections
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Engineering and the Mind's Eye
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The New Librarianship Field Guide
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Good City Form
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Wednesday Is Indigo Blue
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Bicycling Science
Jeremy Till is Head of Central St Martins/Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of the Arts London, and a partner at Sarah Wigglesworth Architects. Their projects include the pioneering 9 Stock Orchard Street (The Strawbale House and Quilted Office), winner of multiple awards. He represented Britain at the 2006 Venice Architecture Biennale.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780262518789 |
| ISBN 10 | 0262518783 |
| Title | Architecture Depends |
| Author | Jeremy Till |
| Series | The Mit Press |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | MIT Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2013-02-08 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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