{"product_id":"9781032078519","title":"Generosity and Architecture","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 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 \u003ci\u003emore\u003c\/i\u003e, whether within economic austerities or within historic contexts of a discipline that has often been preoccupied with cost and quantitative measurement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46259849887985,"sku":"9781032078519","price":233.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781032078519_p0.jpg?v=1765047296","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781032078519","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}