{"product_id":"architecture-and-micropolitics-farshid-moussavi-9783038601944","title":"Architecture and Micropolitics: Four Buildings 2011-2022. Farshid Moussavi Architecture","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe interaction of architecture and society, demonstrated through important buildings by Farshid Moussavi Architecture.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This timely book seeks to dispel two widely held misconceptions: first, that architects are no longer central to the making of buildings and, second, that design is a linear process which begins with a fully formed architectural vision. Architect Farshid Moussavi argues that the temporality of architecture provides day-to-day practice with the potential to generate change. She proposes that we abandon determinism and embrace chance events and the subjective factors that influence practice in order to ground buildings in the micropolitics of everyday life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Using four buildings designed by FMA, Moussavi's London-based practice, \u003ci\u003eArchitecture \u0026amp; Micropolitics\u003c\/i\u003e shows how the rhizomatic nature of their design process is combined with diligent research and an openness to elements of chance to fuel creativity and bend rules that would generate a merely functional building. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A substantial essay by Farshid Moussavi and an afterword by the philosopher Jacques Ranci鑽e are followed by detailed analyses of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland; Lot 19, the first new residential block to be built in the La D馭ense district of Paris in thirty years; the Folie Divine apartment building in Montpellier; and the Ismaili Center Houston, the first new building in the US which is dedicated to use by the Ismaili community. The book also features contributions by Iki ﾁbalos, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and Ir駭馥 Scalbert. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eArchitecture \u0026amp; Micropolitics \u003c\/i\u003eis recommended for any professional and academic library. It is a surprising book which will be of value to anyone who is interested in the relationship between architecture and society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Farshid Mousavi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3038601942\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783038601944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Park Publishing (WI)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 588\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 12.90h x 9.20w x 1.60d","brand":"Farshid Mousavi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44073564209407,"sku":"9783038601944","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1f69a986-8e13-44e8-9095-8354c1084d84.jpg?v=1685448568","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/architecture-and-micropolitics-farshid-moussavi-9783038601944","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}