%0 Conference Paper %B The Architect: a Symposium on the New Disciplines of a Profession %D 1974 %T Historical Bias %A Das, Yeshwant %K Client Architect Relationship %K Conventional Design Threshold %K Professional Practice %X

The root of formal architecture lies in written history. Since the books of history deal with the privileged and the powerful, their exploits and symbols of their authority, the source of inspiration for both public and architects has been historical monuments – temples, churches and palaces – artifacts built by master builders for their deeds and perpetuate their memory. This history, as told by religious and political leaders and historians for generations through legends, scriptures, folklore and books, has conditioned the sociocultural thinking and has established the architectural frame within which the architects view their role and the public forms its sense of appreciation.

%B The Architect: a Symposium on the New Disciplines of a Profession %S GREHA %I Seminar Publications %C New Delhi, India %V 180 %P Seminar (India) Magazine; vol 180 %G eng %! The Professions %( The Architect: a Symposium on the New Disciplines of a Profession