Practical Ethics in Architecture and Interior Design Practice

Practical Ethics in Architecture and Interior Design Practice presents design students with real-world ethical scenarios through detailed stories and discussion questions. It offers a unique integrated perspective into the allied fields of architecture and interior design, preparing students for professional practice and encouraging them to become ethical practitioners.

Format: Hardback
Length: 312 pages
Publication date: 31 May 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Practical Ethics in Architecture and Interior Design Practice presents the fundamentals of design practice through ethical scenarios, immersing design students in real-world experiential learning. Each chapter begins with a detailed narrative involving a complex set of practical and ethical dilemmas, exemplifying those encountered daily in the world of professional practice. Practice-based topics such as contracts and project delivery methods, marketing design services, cross-cultural collaboration, virtual connectivity, social justice, and sustainable design, soft skills, and other related professional practice themes are anchored in realistic scenarios. While all the stories are fictional, the authors drew from over seventy-five combined years of professional experience in architecture and interior design, as well as many years of academic experience in teaching professional practice and ethics to architecture and interior design students. Each story is followed by discussion questions and suggested additional resources.

This book offers a unique integrated perspective into the allied fields of architecture and interior design, with topics relevant to both professions as well as specific to each. It prepares students of both disciplines for the broad issues of professional practice and encourages them to become ethical practitioners ready to contribute effectively to design teams and to ask the right questions.

Weight: 770g
Dimension: 254 x 178 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367752569