Bringing together interior design and architectural theory, this book looks at various practices of building alteration, considering ideas and methods, to initiate the creation of a theory of the interior or interventional design. It examines case studies of interventional design from architectural history taken from the States, Europe and Japan. Num Pages: 240 pages, 85 black & white halftones, 8 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 612. . 2007. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: On Altering Architecture
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2007
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0415317517
ISBN 13: 9780415317511
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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Bringing together interior design and architectural theory, this exciting text looks at the common practices of building alteration, reconsidering established ideas and methods, to initiate the creation of a theory of the interior or interventional design.

Fred Scott examines in-depth case studies of interventional design from architectural history across the world – examples discussed are taken from the States, Europe and Japan. Scott expands and builds on the ideas of Viollet-le-Duc, structuralism and other thoughts to layout criteria for an art of intervention and change. The book draws on the philosophy of conservation, preservation and restoration, as well as exploring related social and political issues.

For those in professions of architecture and interiors, town planners, and students in architecture and art schools, On Altering Architecture forms a body of thought that can be aligned and compared with architectural theory.

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Fred Scott has been Visiting Professor of Interior Architecture at Rhode Island School of Design and was previously course leader for Interior Design at Kingston University, London.

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