{"product_id":"the-ethical-function-of-architecture","title":"The Ethical Function of Architecture","description":"\u003cp\u003eCan architecture help us find our place and way in todays complex world? Can it return individuals to a whole  to a world  to a community? Developing Giedions claim that contemporary architectures main task is to interpret a way of life valid for our time  philosopher Karsten Harries answers that architecture should serve a common ethos. But if architecture is to meet that task  it first has to free itself from the dominant formalist approach  and get beyond the notion that its purpose is to produce endless variations of the decorated shed. In a series of cogent and balanced arguments  Harries questions the premises on which architects and theorists have long reliedpremises which have contributed to architectures current identity crisis and marginalization. He first criticizes the aesthetic approach  focusing on the problems of decoration and ornament. He then turns to the language of architecture. If the main task of architecture is indeed interpretation  in just what sense can it be said to speak  and what should it be speaking about? Expanding upon suggestions made by Martin Heidegger  Harries also considers the relationship of building to the idea and meaning of dwelling. Architecture  Harries observes  has a responsibility to community; but its ethical function is inevitably also political. He concludes by examining these seemingly paradoxical functions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44952021991477,"sku":"ByrdShop_026258171X","price":84.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780262581714.jpg?v=1770461928","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-ethical-function-of-architecture","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}