Public Architecture - Political and Social Meaning
Title
Public Architecture - Political and Social Meaning
Description
Note the Gallery Media section to the left for the following two articles.
- Public Voices Volume III No. I. Public Architecture As A Political and Social Anchor in the Post Modern Age (1997). By Charles T. Goodsell.
Public architecture is presented as a potential source of shared meaning.
-Public Voices Volume III No. 3. Social Meaning of Public Architecture: A Victorian Elucidation. A theoretical framework for social interpretation of public buildings is proposed (1999). By James P. Armstrong, Jeffrey M. Coleman: Charles T. Goodsell, Danielle S. Hollar, and Keith A Hutcheson.
The authors draw from Victorian Art Critic John Ruskin’s theoretical framework for social interpretation of public architecture to identify forms of social meaning embedded in government building. The building is the Alfred B. Mullet State War & Navy Building, now known as the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Washington, DC.
Armstrong et al (1998) use a framework derived from “The Seven Lamps of Architecture” by Victorian art critic John Ruskin, to examine and interpret the social meaning derived from a public building. The Mullet building is considered to be a Victorian Masterpiece of public Architecture - Alfred B. Mullet State War and Navy Building, Washington D.C.
Ruskin’s lamps are sacrifice, truth, power, beauty, life, memory, and obedience, which were the titles of chapters in his book. Based on the content of each chapter, Armstrong et al interpret Ruskin’s titles as referring to interpretations of public buildings as: controversies, metaphors, markers, museums, influences, histories and intimidation. See diagram pp. 8.
Public Voices Journal can be accessed through this link (dead link)
Public Voices is a unique journal that focuses on historical, artistic and reflective expression concerning public administrators and the public service. It is is published by National Center for Public Performance (NCPP) at the School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA), Rutgers University–Newark.
- Public Voices Volume III No. I. Public Architecture As A Political and Social Anchor in the Post Modern Age (1997). By Charles T. Goodsell.
Public architecture is presented as a potential source of shared meaning.
-Public Voices Volume III No. 3. Social Meaning of Public Architecture: A Victorian Elucidation. A theoretical framework for social interpretation of public buildings is proposed (1999). By James P. Armstrong, Jeffrey M. Coleman: Charles T. Goodsell, Danielle S. Hollar, and Keith A Hutcheson.
The authors draw from Victorian Art Critic John Ruskin’s theoretical framework for social interpretation of public architecture to identify forms of social meaning embedded in government building. The building is the Alfred B. Mullet State War & Navy Building, now known as the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Washington, DC.
Armstrong et al (1998) use a framework derived from “The Seven Lamps of Architecture” by Victorian art critic John Ruskin, to examine and interpret the social meaning derived from a public building. The Mullet building is considered to be a Victorian Masterpiece of public Architecture - Alfred B. Mullet State War and Navy Building, Washington D.C.
Ruskin’s lamps are sacrifice, truth, power, beauty, life, memory, and obedience, which were the titles of chapters in his book. Based on the content of each chapter, Armstrong et al interpret Ruskin’s titles as referring to interpretations of public buildings as: controversies, metaphors, markers, museums, influences, histories and intimidation. See diagram pp. 8.
Public Voices Journal can be accessed through this link (dead link)
Public Voices is a unique journal that focuses on historical, artistic and reflective expression concerning public administrators and the public service. It is is published by National Center for Public Performance (NCPP) at the School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA), Rutgers University–Newark.
Creator
Architect - Alfred B. Mullet
Date
1888
Source
Humanities & Social Sciences Online and Wikimedia
Relation
Public Voices Journal
Rights
Publisher
Eisenhower Executive Office Building
Contributor
Eisenhower Executive Office Building
Format
Medium: Photograph
Language
English
Type
Public Buildings
Identifier
Architecture
Coverage
Washington D.C.
Files
Collection
Reference
Architect - Alfred B. Mullet, Public Architecture - Political and Social Meaning, Eisenhower Executive Office Building, 1888
Cite As
Architect - Alfred B. Mullet, “Public Architecture - Political and Social Meaning,” Virtual Museum of Public Service, accessed April 19, 2024, https://vmps.omeka.net/items/show/1.