With contributions by: Roel Backaert, Chris Barker, Michael Cadwell, Keller Easterling, Kersten Geers, Henry-Russell Hitchcock, David Knight, Thomas A.P. van Leeuwen,Reinhold Martin, Gabriele Mastrigli, Antoni Negri, Joan Ockman, Gregg Pasquarelli / SHoP Architects, Andreas Ruby, Erik Sigge, Martino Stierli, Pier Paolo Tamburelli, Martino Tattara, Enrique Walker, Finn Williams
Salomon Frausto (ed.)

Hunch 12
Bureaucracy
There is no building without regulations and good architecture doesn't always follow the rules

Design:,Niels Schrader, Mind Design Illustrated (colour and b/w ), Paperback, 176 pages, Format: 24 x 30 cm
English edition, ISBN 978-90-5662-690-7, € 27.00
March 2009

In association with the Berlage Institute

Hunch 12 contains twelve thought-provoking contributions by leading and emerging architects, critics, and scholars that explore the role of bureaucracy in shaping contemporary architecture.

Architecture is contingent on the reality of satisfying a client, meeting building codes, acquiring funding, and gaining political support in order to be realized. From governmental regulations and new organizational models for professional practice to contrasting forms of urbanism and divergent interpretations of economic value in relation to cultural capital, the authors focus on how select determinants affect the built environment. At the same time they offer architectural speculations, critical observations, and historical perspectives to rethink these processes in order to influence the buildings and cities of today and tomorrow.

Along with these topical contributions —which are supplemented by marginalia of short stories, annotations, terminologies, and inventories—four 1,000-word texts and a visual essay complement the issue to reflect on broader theoretical aspects of architecture culture.

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