{"product_id":"exactitude-on-precision-and-play-in-contemporary-architecture-paperback","title":"Exactitude: On Precision and Play in Contemporary Architecture - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePari Riahi\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLaure Katsaros\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMichael T. Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrecision is necessary in the field of architecture, and new technologies have increased demands for accuracy, particularly when the smallest errors can have outsized consequences. However, the importance of precision, or exactitude, has not received the consideration it merits. While themes of sustainability, performance, and formal innovation have been at the forefront of architectural scholarship for the past twenty years, this book moves beyond these concerns to explore the theoretical and practical demands exactitude makes on architecture as a field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe eleven essays collected here investigate the possibilities and shortcomings of exactitude and delve into current debates about the state of contemporary architecture as both a technological craft and artistic creation. Featuring new work by leading theorists, historians, editors, architects, and scholars, this volume brings theory and practice into insightful and productive conversations. In addition to the editors, contributors include Mark Wigley, Alejandro Zaera-Polo, Eric Höweler, Christopher Benfey, Sunil Bald, Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano with Thomas de Monchaux, Alicia Imperiale, Francesca Hughes, Teresa Stoppani, and Cynthia Davidson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePARI RIAHI is a registered architect and assistant professor of architecture at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and author of \u003ci\u003eArs et Ingenium: The Embodiment of Imagination in Francesco di Giorgio Martini's Drawings\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLAURE KATSAROS is professor of French at Amherst College, where she is also affiliated with the program in architectural studies. Most recently, she is author of \u003ci\u003eNew York-Paris: Whitman, Baudelaire, and the Hybrid City.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMICHAEL T. DAVIS is professor emeritus of art history and founder of the program for architectural studies at Mount Holyoke College. He has published extensively on French Gothic architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 17, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42158435401863,"sku":"9781625346711","price":56.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/0a8f38c35dd44307488713fec89236a5.webp?v=1733258778","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/exactitude-on-precision-and-play-in-contemporary-architecture-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}