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CATEGORIES:Martin Centre Research Seminar Series - 41st Annua
 l Series of Lunchtime Lectures
SUMMARY:In Search of Democratic Architecture -Towards a Wo
 rking Thesis on the Public Good as the Ethical Bas
 is of Architectural Practice - Professor. Tom Spec
 tor Visiting Fellow at Clare Hall College\, Univer
 sity of Cambridge
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URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/27855
DESCRIPTION:*Abstract:* Deriving the ethical justification of 
 the architects actions in the resulting public wel
 fare is a longstanding article of faith amongst ar
 chitects in most democratic nations. But what is t
 he nature of that good\, and what on earth has hap
 pened to our concept of the public? As philosopher
  Jurgen Habermas observes: “Tendencies pointing to
  the collapse of the public sphere are unmistakabl
 e\, for while its scope is expanding impressively\
 , its function has become progressively insignific
 ant." This lecture presents the interim results of
  my investigation into this subject over the last 
 few years with the idea of inviting ideas and disc
 ussion of its emerging themes. \n \n*Biography:* T
 om Spector\, a Visiting Fellow at Clare Hall this 
 tern\, is a licensed U.S. architect and professor 
 who received his Ph.D from the University of Calif
 ornia\, Berkeley helping pioneer the subject of et
 hics and architecture. He is the author of the 200
 1 book\, The Ethical Architect\, a frequent contri
 butor to Harvard Design Magazine on practice-relat
 ed issues\, and has published widely in both archi
 tectural and philosophical journals.
LOCATION:First-floor Classroom\, Department of Architecture
 \, 1-5 Scroope Terrace\, Cambridge\, CB2 1PX\, www
 .arct.cam.ac.uk.
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