Nordic Journal of Architectural Research / Nordisk Arkitekturforskning
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Efforts to objectify quality and to transfer the internal understanding of architecture to the quality system of the construction sector have proven problematical. This article is a study of the meaningful nature of the concept of quality, and its meaning in different contexts, on the basis of four Finnish studies, three of which were led by the author
Within various fields of knowledge, concepts like culture and way of life have opened new approaches and new areas of interest. In research in architecture, this process is only beginning. In this article, the cultural approach is discussed as a means to understand the architectural totality. A genealogy of the concepts is presented as background. The main part of the article contains the author's interpretation of how the meanings of the concepts of culture have evolved within research in architecture