Title

Rules of Engagement: Architecture Theory and the Social Sciences in Frank Duffy's 1974 Thesis on Office Planning

Author(s)

Branden Hookway Branden Hookway (Princeton University)

Abstract

This paper addresses the broad shift that took place in architectural theory and education in the 70s, where models of the discipline asserting the autonomy of architecture eclipsed models privileging architecture's ties to other disciplines, particularly technology and the social sciences. With Frank Duffy's Princeton thesis on open office planning (1974) as a focus, the paper explores the theoretical and institutional contexts of this shift and offers a critical reappraisal in light of contemporary issues facing architecture.

Creation Date

2009-07

Section URL ID

CACPS

Paper Number

39

URL

https://culturalpolicy.princeton.edu/sites/culturalpolicy/files/wp39-hookway.pdf

File Function

Jel

Z11, R21, O51, N92, I23

Keyword(s)

architectural theory, office space, planning, architectural education

Suppress

false

Series

6