Quality out of Control : Standards for Measuring Architecture / edited by Allison Dutoit, Juliet Odgers and Adam Sharr

Introduction Allison Dutoit, Juliet Odgers, Adam Sharr -- Part 1: Appreciation 1. Landscapes of Experience Adam Caruso -- 2. Even Pavements in Verona are Marble: John Ruskin, Adrian Stokes and the Stones of Verona Stephen Kite -- 3. Taste Flora Samuel-- Part 2: Production-- 4. Designing in Quality Juliet Odgers and Flora Samuel -- 5. Assessing Design Quality in Architectural Education Helena Webster-- 6. Leslie Martin and the Science of Architectural Form Adam Sharr -- 7. Ugly Little Angels Revisited Matthew Cohen -- 8. Passion and Control: Lewerentz and a Mortar Joint Mhairi McVicar -- Part 3: Belief -- 9. Necessary Qualifications: Design Before, During, and After Construction David Leatherbarrow -- 10. Simplicity and Belief Marc Treib -- 11. Stirling's Worth: The Quality of the Florey Building Igea Troiani-- Part 4: Measure -- 12. Water and the Historicity of Perception: The New Royal Baths at Bath Juliet Odgers-- 13. The Qualia of Architectural Experience: On Sullivan, Szarowski, Autobiographies and Ideas Hugh Campbell -- 14. The Architect's Signature as a Sign of Quality Paul Emmons -- 15. Quality beyond Measure: Architecture in the Lacanian Account of Culture Catherine Belsey Afterword Theodore Landrum

There is widespread disagreement about what quality in architecture is, and how it can be measured and achieved. This book explores issues of quality in terms of appreciation, production, belief and value. It helps architects and others understand architectural quality and consider its measurement.