Assembling the Architect

George Barnett Johnston is Professor of Architecture at Georgia Institute of Technology and principal of Johnston+Dumais [architects].

List of Figures

Preface

Introduction

1. Seeing Double: Histories of Architectural of Practice
1. Owners and Builders, Their Umpires and Agents
a. Fifty Years Ago
b. The Uniform Contract
2. Mr. Day’s Handbook
3. The Wisdom of Tom Thumtack
4. Another Kind of Architects’ Handbook

2. The Architect’s Office
1. Pictures at an Exhibition
2. Rockwell Kent
3. Squires & Wynkoop
4. Ewing & Chappell
5. The Architects’ Building

3. Architect and Owner
1. A Collection of Practices
2. Various Forms of Architectural Service
3. The Selection of an Architect
a. By Direct Selection
b. By Competition
4. Fees, Contracts, and Consultants
a. “Fees – A Reductio Ad Absurdum”
b. Agreement Between Owner and Architect
c. Employment of Engineers and Other Consulting Specialists
5. The Architect-Owner Relationship
a. The Architect’s Status
b. The Owner’s Duties

4. Architects and Builders
1. Card Games and Boxing Matches
2. General Contractors
3. Architect as Owner’s Agent
4. Builders Organize
a. William Sayward
b. A “Critical Analysis”
c. Arbitration versus Arbitrariness
5. A New Standard of Care

5. Tools, Technology, Practice
a. Drawings and Specs
b. Supervision and Superintendence
c. Shop Drawings
d. Change Orders
e. The Quantity System
2. New Tools of Practice
a. BIM and IPD
b. Architectural Practice, Artificial Intelligence
3. A Conversion

Bibliography

Index