Generosity and Architecture

This book proposes that architecture can function as a true embodiment of generosity and examines how generosity in architecture operates within, and questions, current and historical socio-economic and political systems. As such, it interrogates ways in which architecture aspires for something more, whether within economic austerities or within historic contexts of a discipline that has often been preoccupied with cost and quantitative measurement. The texts presented in this book critically examine the theme of generosity and architecture from a variety of perspectives, addressing the theoretical, the historical, and the everyday processes of architectural practice, procurement, and policy in a global context. The book is a richly collaborative text which explores how architecture – in its processes of ordering and shaping space – can represent and embody generosity in all its multi-faceted potential.Additional ISBNs1032078510, 1032078545, 100321181X, 9781032078519, 9781032078540, 9781003211815Generosity and Architecture 1st Edition is written by Mhairi Mc Vicar, Stephen Kite, and Charles Dro?y?ski and published by Routledge. ISBNs for Generosity and Architecture are 9781000632392, 1000632393 and the print ISBNs are 9781032078519, 1032078510. Additional ISBNs include 1032078510, 1032078545, 100321181X, 9781032078519, 9781032078540, 9781003211815.