The Favored Circle: The Social Foundations of Architectural Distinction
Editorial Reviews
Jeremy Melvin, The Times Literary Supplement, April 9, 1999
"The Favored Circle is a welcome attempt to expand the field from a sociological point of view. In doing so it suggests why the world of architecture is so closed and private."
Daniel S. Friedman, Architecture, January 1999
"Nothwithstanding its splenetic resentment of the architectural intelligentsia, The Favored Circle offers litigants an indispensable reference in the quarrel between art and science. Stevens' sociology adds often illuminating statistical evidence of structural inequities in professional education and culture. With good cause, he warns us at the beginning that in order to state his case at all he has to overstate it, and his overstatements often prove startling and insightful. He sheds new light on old problems in architecture. Alternative solutions for teaching and practice he leaves up to us."
The Favored Circle: The Social Foundations of Architectural Distinction
The Favored Circle: The Social Foundations of Architectural Distinction,Garry Stevens,The MIT Press,0262194082,Architecture,Architecture and society,Criticism,History - General,Social aspects,Sociology - General,Sociology Of Architecture,Architecture / History
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