Democratic Architecture by Donald Macdonald
With the lack of affordable housing and burgeoning homeless population reaching critical heights, this volume takes a look at the situation and offers practical solutions to the problem. MacDonald's proposals for democratic architecture are based on four points: that every human being has a right to an affordable home; that people should be able to manipulate their residential environments, from expanding and dividing spaces to changing facades easily and inexpensively; that in deciding where and how to construct a building every effort should be made to prevent damage to the environment; and lastly, that the design expresses the multiplicity of society, not some ideal of perfection or political ideology. Written in a straightforward style, this work is intended for urban planners, housing officials, students of sociology and American studies - as well as architecture and design professionals.
MacDonald, Donald: - A graduate of Columbia University, MacDonald has developed a global understanding of the great need for housing all over the world. He has travelled to over eighty countries, in many cases, to observe the housing conditions that exist in both democratic and totalitarian government systems. He has passionately lectured in many of these countries about the ideas expressed in this book to encourage the stakeholders to embrace all forms of living spaces, from the smallest to the more conventional western norms.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780823013432 |
| ISBN 10 | 082301343X |
| Title | Democratic Architecture |
| Author | Donald Macdonald |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Watson-Guptill Publications |
| Year published | 1996-11-30 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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