Assembling the Architect

The History and Theory of Professional Practice

George Barnett Johnston (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2020
Bloomsbury Visual Arts (Verlag)
978-1-350-12686-2 (ISBN)

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Assembling the Architect explores the origins and history of architectural practice. It unravels the competing interests that historically have structured the field and cultivates a deeper understanding of the contemporary profession.

Focusing on the period 1870 to 1920 when the foundations were being laid for the U.S. architectural profession that we recognize today, this study traces the formation and standardization of the fundamental relationships among architects, owners, and builders, as codified in the American Institute of Architects' very first Handbook of Architectural Practice. It reveals how these archetypal roles have always been fluid, each successfully redefining their own agency with respect to the others in the constantly-shifting political economy of building.

Far from being a purely historical study, the book also sheds light on today's digitally-enabled profession. Contemporary architectural tools and disciplinary ideals continue to be shaped by the same fundamental tensions, and emergent modes of practice such as BIM (Building Information Modelling) and IPD (Integrated Project Delivery) represent the realization of programs and agendas that have been over a century in play.

Essential reading for professional practice courses as a contextual and historical companion to the Handbook, Assembling the Architect provides a critical perspective of the profession that is fundamental to understanding current architectural practice.

George Barnett Johnston is Professor of Architecture at Georgia Institute of Technology and principal of Johnston+Dumais [architects].

List of Figures

Preface

Introduction

1. Seeing Double: Histories of Architectural of Practice
1. Owners and Builders, Their Umpires and Agents
a. Fifty Years Ago
b. The Uniform Contract
2. Mr. Day’s Handbook
3. The Wisdom of Tom Thumtack
4. Another Kind of Architects’ Handbook

2. The Architect’s Office
1. Pictures at an Exhibition
2. Rockwell Kent
3. Squires & Wynkoop
4. Ewing & Chappell
5. The Architects’ Building

3. Architect and Owner
1. A Collection of Practices
2. Various Forms of Architectural Service
3. The Selection of an Architect
a. By Direct Selection
b. By Competition
4. Fees, Contracts, and Consultants
a. “Fees – A Reductio Ad Absurdum”
b. Agreement Between Owner and Architect
c. Employment of Engineers and Other Consulting Specialists
5. The Architect-Owner Relationship
a. The Architect’s Status
b. The Owner’s Duties

4. Architects and Builders
1. Card Games and Boxing Matches
2. General Contractors
3. Architect as Owner’s Agent
4. Builders Organize
a. William Sayward
b. A “Critical Analysis”
c. Arbitration versus Arbitrariness
5. A New Standard of Care

5. Tools, Technology, Practice
a. Drawings and Specs
b. Supervision and Superintendence
c. Shop Drawings
d. Change Orders
e. The Quantity System
2. New Tools of Practice
a. BIM and IPD
b. Architectural Practice, Artificial Intelligence
3. A Conversion

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	27.01.2020
Zusatzinfo	74 bw illus
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	706 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
	Technik ► Architektur
ISBN-10	1-350-12686-1 / 1350126861
ISBN-13	978-1-350-12686-2 / 9781350126862
Zustand	Neuware