| Best Practices: A Companion to Architecture and Its Messy Relationship with Building Materials, Signage Systems, Communication Equipme Contributor(s): Besler, Erin (Author), Besler, Ian (Author), Lavin, Sylvia (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1951541111 ISBN-13: 9781951541118 Publisher: Applied Research & Design OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Regional - Architecture | Urban & Land Use Planning - Architecture | Criticism |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 7.5" W x 9.7" (1.90 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In visually cataloging the endearing and enigmatic ways in which the built environment takes shape, Best Practices proposes a new way of thinking about neighborhoods, housing developments, streetscapes, and storefronts, not so much as places defined by building codes, dimensions, or geographic features, but as assemblages of ad hoc interventions and incidental ephemera. Drawing on the history of architecture, media theory, cultural anthropology, and urban studies, Best Practices pairs photographic documentation with extensive captions and citations to define a territory within the margins between the sanctioned and unsanctioned, the regulated and unregulated, the tasteful and tacky, the novel and the nonsense. While not necessarily in opposition of those mechanisms, Best Practices asserts that interest, knowledge, and meaning are more often generated on the lines that divide such categories. This book advocates for a more thorough consideration of the unauthorized remodels, slap-dash handiwork, haphazard paint jobs, half-hearted do-it-yourself projects, cracked facades, contradictions, compromises, and coincidences. |