Architecture beyond criticism : expert judgment and performance evaluation / edited by Wolfgang F.E. Preiser . . .[et al]

Content

PART I : Introduction
1. Introduction

PART II : Evolution and role of architectural criticism
2. Identity crisis: estrangement in the evolution of architectural criticism
3. The role of editors as critics
4. Is curating the new criticism?
5. Architectural criticism and radicalism in Brazil
Etc.

PART III : Plurality of perspectives on criticism in architecture
8. Media coverage and users’ reactions: Al Azhar Park in Cairo re-examined
9. The influence of the “milieu” on architectural criticism
10. Architectural criticism and building performance evaluation in Germany
11. Urban conservation projects of Cairo: a critique of the local literature
12. Buildings and their use: the dog that didn’t bark
Etc.

PART IV : Historical review and types of building performance evaluation
14. Historical review of building performance evaluation
15. Building performance evaluation in the UK: so many false dawns
16. Mid-occupancy urbanism in Shanghai: the current state of the site of Expo 2010
17. Architectural criticism meets building evaluation in Japan
18. Architectural critics as another building stakeholder: a global perspective

PART V : Architectural analysis within building performance evaluation
19. Using scientific research methods in assessing visual aesthetic quality
20. Performing the urban form-based codes as a method of architectural critique
21. The socio-cultural context of architectural criticism and performance evaluation
22. Quality assessments in health care environments
23. Building performance evaluations and universal design
Etc.

PART VI : Epilogue
25. Talking the talk: about architecture

Includes bibliographical references and index p. 278 - 285