02636nam 2200577Ia 450 991078624560332120230801230438.01-4438-3948-5(CKB)2670000000341171(EBL)1133109(OCoLC)830168155(SSID)ssj0000833305(PQKBManifestationID)11530853(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000833305(PQKBWorkID)10935696(PQKB)10319561(MiAaPQ)EBC1133109(Au-PeEL)EBL1133109(CaPaEBR)ebr10676990(CaONFJC)MIL497137(OCoLC)1113747336(FINmELB)ELB146691(EXLCZ)99267000000034117120120612d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe globalisation of modern architecture[electronic resource] the impact of politics, economics and social change on architecture and urban design since 1900 /by Robert AdamNewcastle Upon Tyne, UK Cambridge Scholars Publishing20121 online resource (362 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4438-3905-1 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; INDEXTaking 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 ...Architecture and globalizationArchitecture, Modern21st centuryArchitecture and societyHistory21st centuryArchitecture and globalization.Architecture, ModernArchitecture and societyHistory720.103Adam Robert1948-1524763MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786245603321The globalisation of modern architecture3765793UNINA