Agenda : Julien De Smedt architects /
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| Imprint: | Barcelona ; New York : Actar-D, c2009. |
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| Description: | 544 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (some col.), plans (some col.) ; 27 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7933319 |
| Summary: | AGENDA occupies the territory between a monograph, diary, and a collection of essays, interviews, and conversations, produced by JDS Architects with a wide range of contributors and collaborators. Starting from the belief that an agenda is not simply an expression of individual intentions, but rather a vector for the production of new realities, AGENDA addresses the need for architecture to transform itself in an era of ecological and economic crisis. Change, the buzzword of the last U.S. presidential campaign, is indeed the order of the day, and AGENDA explores exactly what kind of change will be needed if architects are to assume a political and social agency in this new landscape. The book seeks to define not only the work of JDS Architects, but also the challenges and situations confronting young architectural practices emerging at a time of crisis. An ambitious attempt to describe the conditions within which architecture is produced today. |
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| Item Description: | Cover title. |
| Physical Description: | 544 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (some col.), plans (some col.) ; 27 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9788496954984 8496954986 |
