Expanding Architecture: Design as Activism
- ISBN13: 9781933045788
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Expanding Architecture presents a new generation of creative design carried out in the service of the greater public and the greater good. Questioning how design can improve daily lives, editors Bryan Bell and Katie Wakeford map an emerging geography of architectural activism–or “public-interest architecture”–that might function akin to public-interest law or medicine by expanding architecture’s all too often elite client base. With 30 essays by practicing archite… More >>
Expanding Architecture: Design as Activism
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