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Architecture and its Ethical Dilemmas

Nicholas Ray editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:24th Oct '05

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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.

'All the individual contributions ... are consistently well written and thought provoking.'


'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


'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

ISBN: 9780415348683

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 544g

184 pages