Global Perspectives on Critical Architecture

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Global Perspectives on Critical Architecture is written by Dr Gevork Hartoonian and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1472438132 (ISBN 10) and 9781472438133 (ISBN 13).

Judging from the debates taking place in both education and practice, it appears that architecture is deeply in crisis. New design and production techniques, together with the globalization of capital and even skilled-labour, have reduced architecture to a commodified object, its aesthetic qualities tapping into the current pervasive desire for the spectacular. These developments have changed the architect’s role in the design and production processes of architecture. Bringing together essays and interviews from leading scholars such as Kenneth Frampton, Peggy Deamer, Bernard Tschumi, Donald Kunze and Marco Biraghi, this volume investigates and critically addresses various dimensions of the present crisis of architecture.