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These essays, written over a third of a century during a time of huge ideological, technological and methodological upheaval, witness British architecture's unceasing negotation with a vast and rigorous set of constraints and its eventual emergence as a truly modern profession - a special interest group responsive and answerable to social changes but shaped and informed by values and principles that may be on a longer cycle and perhaps a loftier plane. The backdrop to this debate is the term of presidency of the RIBA held by Francis Duffy, Chairman of DEGW, UK, between 1993 and 1995. During this period the architectural profession faced major challenges and threats. The book looks at the relationship between the architectural profession and the built environment in the context of the great political and social cycles in the British post-war period. Francis Duffy's writings provide additional insights and viewpoints to the subject.
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Architectural Knowledge
The Idea of a Profession
Architectural Knowledge The Idea of a Profession Francis Duffy with Les Hutton
E & FN SPON An Imprint of Routledge London and New York
First published 1998 by E & FN Spon, an imprint of Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 © 1998 Francis Duffy and Les Hutton All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data has been applied for ISBN 0-203-22357-8 Master e-book ISBN
ISBN 0-203-27776-7 (Adobe eReader Format) ISBN 0 419 21000 8 (Print Edition)
Contents
Preface
vi
Part 1: 1945–1979 The discipline of architecture Ideology and methodology in a planned economy
3
1
Architects and the social sciences (1968)
8
2
Petrified typologies (1969)
20
3
Office design and organizations (1974)
29
4
Buildings never lie (1976)
44
5
Systems thinking (1991)
48
6
Bürolandschaft 1958–1978 (1979)
56
Part 2: 1979–1991 The practice of architecture The profession in the marketplace
64
7
Office buildings and society (1981)
68
8
Organizations, buildings and information technology (1983)
80
9
The changing role of the architect (1984)
85
10
Responding to change (1985)
88
11
A case for more collaboration (1986)
96
12
Architectural practice (1989)
102
13
The professional in the built environment (1991)
105
Part 3: 1992–1997 The profession of architecture Partnership in an intelligent market
113
14
Knowledge—defining the professional (1992)
117
15
Fighting deregulation (1993)
124
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16
Keeping faith with our professional concerns (1993)
128
17
Liberalizing professional services (1994)
136
18
The way forward (1995)
143