Unity Books, Bloomsbury Academic, and Victoria
University of Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design
warmly welcome you to the launch of
The Architect as Worker
edited by
Peggy Deamer
Tuesday 22nd March 5.30pm
Venue:
The Atrium, Faculty of Architecture and Design
139 Vivian St, Te Aro, Wellington
Directly confronting
the nature of contemporary architectural work, this book is the first to
address a void at the heart of architectural discourse and thinking. For too
long, architects have avoided questioning how the central aspects of
architectural ‘practice’ combine to characterise the work performed in
architectural office. The Architect as Worker presents a range of essays
exploring the issues central to architectural labour. These include questions
about the nature of design work; immaterial and creative labour and how it is categorised, monetised and spatialised; the
connection between parametrics, building information modelling and labour;
theories of architectural work; architectural design as a cultural and economic
condition; entrepreneurialism; and the possibility of ethical and rewarding
architectural practice.
The book is a call to arms, and its ultimate goal is to
change the practice of architecture. It will strike a chord with architects,
who will recognise the struggle of their profession; with students trying to
understand the connections between work, value, and creative pleasure; and with
academics and cultural theorists seeking to understand what grounds the
discipline.
Peggy Deamer is
Professor of Architecture and Assistant Dean at Yale University, United States
of America, and a visiting scholar at Victoria University of Wellington, New
Zealand.
All welcome
Unity Bo0oks Welcome
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