Towards an Ethical Architecture

“Towards an Ethical Architecture: Issues Within the Work of Gregory Henriquez cites an urgent need to re-examine the role of ethics, activism, and critical commentary in architectural practice. Gregory Henriquez asserts that architects must ask critical questions such as: “Who am I serving?” “Who do I represent?” “What type of work ought I do?” These are not questions of ability or desire but of ethics.

The book contributes to this ongoing discussion through the lens of ten projects by Henriquez Partners Architects. Startling essays by Alberto Pérez-Gómez, May So, Helena Grdadolnik, and Gregory Henriquez, as well as an interview with the late community activist and former Vancouver City Councillor Jim Green, further explore the notion of reinstating architecture as a social force as well as an aesthetic one. Ultimately, the book seeks to remind architects that they should play a leadership role in creating the collective spaces that form the fabric of our communities and daily lives.” – Henriquez Partners Architects