Verb Crisis (Verb)

Verb Crisis (Verb)

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Editor: Mario Ballesteros
Editor: Albert Ferre
Editor: Irene Hwang
Edition: Vinyl Bound
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-05-15
ISBN: 8496540979
Number of pages: 280
Publisher: Actar

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Book Review: An excellent testimony to experimentation with a purpose
Summary: 5 Stars

The latest in the avant-garde Verb series, Verb Crisis explores potential architectural solutions to the problems of an increasingly dense and interdependent world. Offering a diverse assortment of projects and investigations complemented with full color photography, essays, and exclusive interviews with experts in architecture, urban planning, and environmental, economic, or global affairs, Verb Crisis reveals how social needs can transform the effective structure and function of quality architecture. An excellent testimony to experimentation with a purpose, especially recommended as a source of inspiration to professional and aspiring architects preparing to build for the unique challenges of the twenty-first century.

Summary of Verb Crisis (Verb)

Current architectural intervention has demonstrated a tendency towards the production of the superficial: Effects, ornamentation, and embellishments are applied to programs defined by social, economic, and technical conditions that fall outside of the profession. Verb Crisis tackles the conflict that marks the collision between the physical nature of the architectural commission and the demands of a world that is increasingly dense and interdependent, a world marked by undeniable environmental problems and economic inequalities. Given the shortfalls of standard professional attitudes, Verb Crisis presents projects and investigations that grant the practice of architecture an updated optimism and social relevance.

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