Architecture and its Ethical Dilemmas

Edited by Nicholas Ray

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About the Book

A cast of leading writers and practitioners tackle the ethical questions that architects are increasingly facing in their work, from practical considerations in construction to the wider social context of buildings, their appearance, use and place in the narrative of the environment. This book gives an account of these ethical questions from the perspectives of historical architectural practice, philosophy, and business, and examines the implications of such dilemmas. Taking the current discussion of ethics in architecture on to a new stage, this volume provides an accumulation of diverse opinions, focusing on architects' actions and products that materially affect the lives of people in all urbanized societies.

Reviews

'All the individual contributions ... are consistently well written and thought provoking ... at a time when architects are being arrested in Japan for knowingly putting the public at risk for personal gain, this is an extremely timely publication which I would highly recommend.' - Kevin Nute, The Architectural Review

'A timely contribution to the advancement of the understanding of the complex range of ethical issues faced by the profession.' - Building Research & Information

Table of Contents

Introduction Part 1: Historical Perspective Practical Wisdom for Architects: or the Uses of Ethics The Cambridge History Faculty Building: A Case Study in Ethical Dilemmas in the 20th Century Part 2: The Professional Context in the Twenty-First Century Architecture and its Ethical Dilemmas Architecture: Art and Accountability Responsive Practice On Being a Humble Architect Part 3: Accountability and the Architectural Imagination Accountability Trust and Professional Practice Moral Imagination and the Practice of Architecture Codes of Ethics and Coercion Part 4: Personal and Public Ethos Hearth and Horizon Architecture Luxury and Ethics Part 5: Ethics and Aesthetics Less Aesthetics More Ethics Architecture Morality and Taste Afterword Select Bibliography