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Author Yaneva, Albena, author.

Title Latour for architects / Albena Yaneva.

Publication Info. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
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Description 1 online resource : illustrations.
Series Thinkers for architects
Thinkers for architects.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "Bruno Latour is one of the leading figures in Social Sciences today, but his contributions are also widely recognized in the arts. His theories 'flourished' in the 1980s in the aftermath of the structuralism wave and generated new concepts and methodologies for the understanding of the social. In the past decade Latour and his Actor-Network-Theory (ANT) have gained popularity among researchers in the field of architecture. Latour for Architects is the first introduction to the key concepts and ideas of Bruno Latour that are relevant to architects. First, the book discusses critically how specific methods and insights from his philosophy can inspire new thinking in architecture and design pedagogy. Second, it explores examples from architectural practice and urban design, and reviews recent attempts to extend the methods of ANT into the fields of architectural and urban studies. Third, the book advocates an ANT-inspired approach to architecture and examines how its methodological insights can trace new research avenues in the field, reflecting meticulously on its epistemological offerings. Drawing on many lively examples from the world of architectural practice, the book makes a compelling argument about the agency of architectural design and the role architects can play in re-ordering the world we live in. Following Latour's philosophy offers a new way to handle all the objects of human and non-human collective life, to re-examine the role of matter in design practice, and to redefine the forms of social, political and ethical associations that bind us together in cities"-- Provided by publisher.
Biography Albena Yaneva is Professor of Architectural Theory at the University of Manchester, UK. She is the author of several books, including Crafting History: Archiving and the Quest for Architectural Legacy (2020) and The New Architecture of Science: Learning from Graphene (2020), co-authored with Sir Kostya S. Novoselov. Her work has been translated into nine different languages. Yaneva is the recipient of the RIBA President's award for outstanding research.
Note Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 12, 2022).
Subject Latour, Bruno.
Architecture -- Philosophy.
architectural theory. (CStmoGRI)aat300055882
ARCHITECTURE / Study & Teaching.
PHILOSOPHY / General.
ARCHITECTURE / Criticism.
Latour, Bruno. (OCoLC)fst00032310
Architecture -- Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst00813497
Other Form: Print version: Yaneva, Albena. Latour for architects Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2022 9780367348618 (DLC) 2021043936
ISBN 9780429328510 electronic book
0429328516 electronic book
9781000546545 electronic book
1000546543 electronic book
1000546535 electronic book
9781000546538 (electronic book)
9780367348618 hardcover
9780367348632 paperback
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