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Author:   Kenny Cupers (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780415637343

ISBN 10:   0415637341
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   16 September 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part 1: Subjectivity and Knowledge 1. Isotype and Modern Architecture in Red Vienna 2. Architectural Handbooks and the User Experience 3. Laboratory Modules and the Subjectivity of the Knowledge Worker 4. Architects, Users, and the Social Sciences in Postwar America 5. Spatial Experience and the Instruments of Architectural Theory Part 2: Collectivity, Welfare, Consumption 6. The Shantytown of Algiers and the Colonization of Everyday Life 7. New Swedes in the New Town 8. Henri Lefebvre, For and Against the “User” 9. Designed-in Safety: Ergonomics in the Bathroom 10. Intelligentsia Design and the Postmodern Plattenbau 11. WiMBY!’s New Collectives Part 3: Participation 12. Landscape and Participation in 1960s New York 13. Ergonomics of Democracy 14. Counter-projects and the Postmodern User 15. The paradox of Social Architectures

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Use Matters critically interrogates the engagement of user in architectural design. It puts the user/occupant/inhabitant as the core of the value premise. - Leonard Bachman, Journal of Architectural Education, University of Houston

"""Use Matters critically interrogates the engagement of ""user"" in architectural design. It puts the user/occupant/inhabitant as the core of the value premise."" - Leonard Bachman, Journal of Architectural Education, University of Houston"

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Kenny Cupers is Assistant Professor of Architectural History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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