Architecture and Its Ethical Dilemmas

<p>A cast of leading writers and practitioners tackle the ethical questions that architects are increasingly facing in their work from practical considerations in construction to the wider social context of buildings their appearance use and place in the narrative of the environment. This book gives an account of these ethical questions from the perspectives of historical architectural practice philosophy and business and examines the implications of such dilemmas. Taking the current discussion of ethics in architecture on to a new stage this volume provides an accumulation of diverse opinions focusing on architects' actions and products that materially affect the lives of people in all urbanized societies.</p>