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BL
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979430
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b733800
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Fisher, Thomas,1953-
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| Title & Author
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In the scheme of things : : alternative thinking on the practice of architecture /\ Thomas R. Fisher.
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| Publication Statement
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Minneapolis :: University of Minnesota Press,, ©2000.
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1 online resource (xi, 155 pages)
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0816691959
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: 9780816691951
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0816636532
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0816636540
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9780816636532
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9780816636549
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| Notes
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Includes index.
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The chapters originated as lectures or unpublished journal articles.
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| Contents
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Acknowledgments; Design in a World of Flows; Monocultures and Multiculturalism; The Value and Values of Architecture; The Architect as a Social Hieroglyphic; The Fictions of Architecture; Critiquing the Design Culture; Architectural Fables; The Redesign of Practice; Babel Revisited; Bridging Education and Practice; Architecture and Pragmatism; Needed: A Conversation about Ethics; Index.
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"In the Scheme of Things looks at architecture's need to respond creatively and meaningfully to the extraordinary changes affecting the profession now, changes that include the global economy, the advent of computer-aided design, and the growing disconnection between design schools, architectural practice, and the public."--Jacket.
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Architecture and society-- History-- 20th century.
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Architecture-- Philosophy.
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Architecture et philosophie.
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Architecture et société-- Histoire-- 20e siècle.
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Architecture and society.
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ARCHITECTURE-- Criticism.
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Architecture-- Philosophy.
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Architektur
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Architekturtheorie
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Philosophie
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Architecten.
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Bouwkunst.
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| Dewey Classification
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720/.1
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| LC Classification
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NA2500.F56 2000eb
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21.60bcl
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ARC 012fstub
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ZH 3100rvk
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