1st Edition

Practical Ethics in Architecture and Interior Design Practice

By Sue Lani Madsen, Dana Vaux, David Wang Copyright 2023
330 Pages 38 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

330 Pages 38 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

330 Pages 38 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Practical Ethics in Architecture and Interior Design Practice presents the basics of design practice through ethical scenarios, ushering design students into real-world experiential learning. Each chapter begins with a detailed story involving a complicated set of practical and ethical dilemmas, exemplifying those encountered each day in the world of professional practice. Practice-based... Read more

Introduction  1. Ethics and the global marketplace  2. Ethics and professional roles  3. Ethics and business structures  4. Ethics and marketing 5. Ethics and project delivery methods  6. Ethics and contracts  7. Ethics and cultural communication  8. Ethics and design process  9. Ethics and project management  10. Ethics and collaboration  11. Ethics and sustainable design  12. Ethics and social justice  Epilogue - Designing your future   Appendix  Glossary of Acronyms  Index

Biography

Sue Lani W. Madsen is an experienced architect and founding partner of a major regional architecture and interior design firm, with over forty years of experience serving public and private clients. She taught for four years as an Adjunct Professor at Washington State University School of Design + Construction.

Dana E. Vaux, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Interior and Product Design at University of Nebraska - Kearney. Her interdisciplinary scholarship investigates the connections between cultural-historical meanings and place as well as design pedagogy. She recently published Research Methods for Interior Design (Routledge, 2020) with David Wang.

David Wang, PhD, is a Professor Emeritus of Architecture at Washington State University. He has published extensively on design research and also recently published Research Methods for Interior Design (Routledge, 2020) with Dana E. Vaux. Dr. Wang has also published these titles with Routledge: A Philosophy of Chinese Architecture Past Present Future (2017) and Architecture and Sacrament: A Critical Theory (2020).