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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791851303321

Autore

Kaminer Tahl <1970-, >

Titolo

Architecture, crisis, and resuscitation : the reproduction of post-Fordism in late-twentieth-century architecture / / Tahl Kaminer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-83216-5

1-136-83217-3

1-283-04073-5

9786613040732

0-203-83184-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 201 p. ) : ill

Disciplina

724/.6

Soggetti

Architecture and society - History - 20th century

Architecture and society - History - 21st century

Architecture - Economic aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Crisis and withdrawal -- pt. 2. Autonomy and the resuscitation of the discipline -- pt. 3. The real.

Sommario/riassunto

Studying the relation of architecture to society, this book explains the manner in which the discipline of architecture adjusted itself in order to satisfy new pressures by society. It offers an understanding of contemporary conditions and phenomena, from the ubiquity of landmark buildings to the celebrity status of architects.