Precision in Architecture: Certainty, Ambiguity and Deviation
Author:   Mhairi McVicar (Senior Lecturer, Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780415789608


Pages:   260
Publication Date:   14 May 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Mhairi McVicar (Senior Lecturer, Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   1.292kg
ISBN:  

9780415789608


ISBN 10:   0415789605
Pages:   260
Publication Date:   14 May 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction. Part I: Two Projects 1. A Precisely Ambiguous Wall 2. The Mortar Joints of St Peter’s Part II: Interpretations of Precision in Architecture 3. Defining Precision and Ambiguity 4. Disputing Precision 5. An Emerging Desire for Precision Part III: Four Projects The 1856 Iron Museum and the 2006 Museum of Childhood 6. A Precise Specification for an Iron Museum 7. Anticipating Precision at the Museum of Childhood A Meeting between Mies and OMA 8. Deviation at the Commons 9. A Precisely Crude Ceiling at the MTCC 10. Productive Deviations from Certainty

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Mhairi McVicar is a Reader at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, UK and practiced architecture in Chicago, London and the Orkney Islands. Her research, critically examining intersections between architectural theory and architectural practice, has been published with Routledge and Architectural Research Quarterly.

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