Quality Out of Control: Standards for Measuring Architecture Book

1 Landscapes of experience Adam Caruso Caruso, Adam Adam Sharr Sharr, Adam Allison Dutoit Dutoit, Allison 7

2 'Even pavements in Verona are marble': John Ruskin, Adrian Stokes and the stones of Verona Stephen Kite Kite, Stephen 18

3 Taste Flora Samuel Samuel, Flora 31

4 Designing in quality Juliet Odgers Odgers, Juliet Flora Samuel Samuel, Flora 41

5 Assessing design quality in architectural education Helena Webster Webster, Helena 55

6 Leslie Martin and the science of architectural form Adam Sharr Sharr, Adam 67

7 Ugly little angels revisited Matthew A. Cohen Cohen, Matthew A. 79

8 Passion and control: Lewerentz and a mortar joint Mhairi McVicar McVicar, Mhairi 92

9 Necessary qualifications: design before, during and after construction David Leatherbarrow Leatherbarrow, David 105

10 Simplicity and belief Marc Treib Treib, Marc 119

11 'Stirling's worth': the quality of the Florey Building, Oxford Igea Troiani Troiani, Igea 137

12 Water and the historicity of perception: the New Royal Baths at Bath Juliet Odgers Odgers, Juliet 151

13 The qualia of architecture: on Sullivan, Szarkowski, autobiographies and ideas Hugh Campbell Campbell, Hugh 163

14 The architect's signature as a sign of quality Paul Emmons Emmons, Paul 175

15 Quality beyond measure: architecture in the Lacanian account of culture Catherine Belsey Belsey, Catherine 188

Afterword Utter qualia: three probe/poems Theodore Landrum Landrum, Theodore 198

Select bibliography 203

Index 211