Generosity and Architecture

Mhairi McVicar, Stephen Kite, Charles Drozynski, Mhairi McVicar, Stephen Kite, Charles Drozynski

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9781032078540
• eBook ISBN: 9781000632392
• Topic: Architecture
• Subtopic: Architecture General

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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of figures
• Illustration credits
• List of contributors
• Preface: A love letter to generosity
• Introduction
• PART 1 Humanity and Delight
• PART 2 Abundance of Spirit
• PART 3 Policies of Participation
• Select Bibliography
• Index