1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463442903321

Autore

Adam Robert <1948->

Titolo

The globalisation of modern architecture [[electronic resource] ] : the impact of politics, economics and social change on architecture and urban design since 1900 / / by Robert Adam

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012

ISBN

1-4438-3948-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (362 p.)

Disciplina

720.103

Soggetti

Architecture and globalization

Architecture, Modern - 21st century

Architecture and society - History - 21st century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; WHERE WE ARE TODAY; PART I; A: A SHORT HISTORY OF GLOBALISATION AND ARCHITECTURE FROM 500 BCE TO 1939 CE; B: THE NEW WORLD ORDER 1945-1992: GLOBAL COMMERCE, POLITICS AND THE TRIUMPH OF MODERNISM; PART II; PART III; PART IV; CONCLUSION; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Taking the break-up of the Soviet Union and the entry of Russia, China and India into the global market as the start of a new era of globalisation, Robert Adam compares new developments in architecture and urban design with major shifts in the balance of power since 1990. Based on the principle that design unavoidably follows social change, politics and economics, this analysis casts a new light on recent architecture. Starting with the lead up to events in the 1990's, links are established ...



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996383762503316

Autore

Hughes William <fl. 1665-1683.>

Titolo

The flower garden enlarged [[electronic resource] ] : Shewing how to order and increase all sorts of flowers, whether by layers slips off-sets. Cuttings. Seeds &c. Also how to draw a horizontal dial as a knot in a garden. To which is now added a treatise of all the roots, plants, trees, shrubs, fruits, herbs, &c. Growing in His Majesties plantations. By W. Hughe's

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : printed for C. Wall in the Strand, 1677

Descrizione fisica

[12], 100, [28], 159, [7] p., leaves of plates : ill

Soggetti

Flower gardening

Viticulture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

An edition of: The flower-garden.

The sets of words "layers slips", "Off-sets. Cuttings." , "roots, .. trees," and "shrubs, .. herbs," are bracketed on the title page.

Final leaves = adv.

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018