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Quality out of Control: Standards for Measuring Architecture

Caruso, Adam; Kite, Stephen; Samuel, Flora; Odgers, Juliet; Webster, Helena; Sharr, Adam; Cohen, Matthew A.; McVicar, Mhairi; Leatherbarrow, David; Treib, Marc; Troliani, Igea; Campbell, Hugh; emmons, Paul; Belsey, Catherine; Landrum, Theodore

Authors

Adam Caruso

Stephen Kite

Flora Samuel

Juliet Odgers

Helena Webster

Adam Sharr

Matthew A. Cohen

Mhairi McVicar

David Leatherbarrow

Marc Treib

Igea Troliani

Hugh Campbell

Paul emmons

Catherine Belsey

Theodore Landrum



Contributors

Juliet Odgers
Editor

Adam Sharr
Editor

Abstract

Formerly grounded in values of craftsmanship, in the skilled making of products, `quality' is now associated with the management of administrative or technical processes. Its appreciation, once based in the exercise of individual judgement and taste, is now often founded on supposedly objective systems of evaluation.

Practitioners of design are under pressure to quantify `quality', but it is questionable whether it is possible or even desirable to do so. This book considers this important issue, looking at how quality is:

defined, appreciated, evaluated, managed, produced.
With contributions from eminent architects and architectural critics, this book is for architects, academics, students and anyone interested in what architectural quality is, and how it may be achieved.

Citation

Caruso, A., Kite, S., Samuel, F., Odgers, J., Webster, H., Sharr, A., …Landrum, T. (2010). A. Dutoit, J. Odgers, & A. Sharr (Eds.), Quality out of Control: Standards for Measuring Architecture. Taylor & Francis

Book Type Authored Book
Publication Date Jan 4, 2010
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Peer Reviewed Not Peer Reviewed
ISBN 9780415553650
Keywords quality, architecture, landscape architecture, theory of architecture, built environment, assessment, measurement,
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/981910
Publisher URL https://www.routledge.com/Quality-Out-of-Control-Standards-for-Measuring-Architecture-1st-Edition/Dutoit-Odgers-Sharr/p/book/9780415553667

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