Buildings And Society
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Author |
: Anthony D. King |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 194 |
Release |
: 2003-10-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781135795283 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1135795282 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis Buildings and Society by : Anthony D. King
Buildings are essentially social and cultural products. They result from social needs and accommodate a variety of functions - economic. social. political. religious. Their size. appearance. location and form result not simply from physical factors such as materials. climate or technology. nor from architects· designs. but from a society's ideas. its forms of economic and social organisation. and the beliefs and values which prevail at any one time. Society produces its buildings and the buildings help to maintain many of its social forms.
Author |
: Peter Blundell Jones |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 390 |
Release |
: 2016-08-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781472577498 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1472577493 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis Architecture and Ritual by : Peter Blundell Jones
Architecture and Ritual explores how the varied rituals of everyday life are framed and defined in space by the buildings which we inhabit. It penetrates beyond traditional assumptions about architectural style, aesthetics and utility to deal with something more implicit: how buildings shape and reflect our experience in ways of which we remain unconscious. Whether designed to house a grand ceremony or provide shelter for a daily meal, all buildings coordinate and consolidate social relations by giving orientation and focus to the spatial practices of those who use them. Peter Blundell Jones investigates these connections between the social and the spatial, providing critical insights into the capacity for architecture to structure human ritual, from the grand and formal to the mundane. This is achieved through deep readings of individual pieces of architecture, each with a detailed description of its particular social setting and use. The case studies are drawn from throughout architectural history and from around the globe, each enabling a distinct theoretical theme to emerge, and showing how social conventions vary with time and place, as well as what they have in common. Case studies range from the Nuremberg Rally to the Centre Pompidou, and from the Palace of Westminster to Dogon dwellings in Africa and a Modernist hospital. In considering how all architecture has to mesh with the habits, beliefs, rituals and expectations of the society that created it, the book presents deep implications for our understanding of architectural history and theory. It also highlights the importance for architects of understanding how buildings frame social space before they prescribe new architectural designs of their own. The book ends with a recent example of user participation, showing how contemporary user interest and commitment to a building can be as strong as ever.
Author |
: Twentieth Century Society |
Publisher |
: Batsford Books |
Total Pages |
: 725 |
Release |
: 2016-06-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781849944076 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1849944075 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Synopsis 50 Architects 50 Buildings by : Twentieth Century Society
The most inspirational buildings in the world, as chosen by well-known contemporary architects. In this book, published in conjunction with the Twentieth Century Society, 50 contemporary architects choose the buildings from around the world that have inspired them and made an impact on their own work. Architectural journalist Pamela Buxton interviewed each of the architects to create these outstanding portraits of the buildings that have influenced modern architecture. The diverse selection is introduced by Twentieth Century Society director Catherine Croft, and illustrated throughout with photographs by Gareth Gardner and Edward Tyler. The book features a diverse range of inspirational buildings, from housing estates to castles, coal mines to cathedrals. Work by the giants of twentieth-century architecture including Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe and Alvar Aalto are featured, as well as lesser-known gems. Examples include Richard Rogers (of RHSP) on Maison de Verre (Paris, France); Chris Williamson (of Weston Williamson) on the Eames House by Charles and Ray Eames (Los Angeles, USA); Takero Shimazaki (of T-SA, UK) on Hexenhaus by Alison and Peter Smithson (Bad Karlshafen, Germany); Ted Cullinan (of Cullinan Studio) on Chapel of Notre Dame Du Haut by Le Corbusier (Ronchamp, France); Michael Squire (of Squire & Partners, UK) on Grundtvig’s Church by Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint (Copenhagen, Denmark); and Jonathan Woolf (of Jonathan Woolf Architects) on Haus Esters and Haus Lange by Mies van der Rohe (Krefeld, Germany). This beautifully produced book offers a great insight into the power of existing architecture and its immense influence on the world we build today.
Author |
: Andrea Elizabeth Donovan |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 293 |
Release |
: 2007-12-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781135914073 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1135914079 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Synopsis William Morris and the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings by : Andrea Elizabeth Donovan
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, founded by artist and craftsman William Morris in 1877, sought to preserve the integrity of historic buildings by preventing unnecessary repairs and additions. William Morris's intention and that of the SPAB, as outlined by the original manifesto, was that buildings of any period had a life that was best protected through the conservative repair of what was falling into ruin and the prevention of injury to buildings by safeguarding them as much as possible and practical. This practice became known as historic preservation. In this study, Donovan, relying upon many original documents from the SPAB archives in London, traces the history of the SPAB from it's foundation in nineteenth-century England to its current activities in England and Western Europe.
Author |
: James C. Anderson jr |
Publisher |
: Johns Hopkins University Press |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2002-02-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0801869811 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780801869815 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Synopsis Roman Architecture and Society by : James C. Anderson jr
Focusing primarily on Rome and other cities of central Italy, James C. Anderson, jr., describes the training, career path, and social status of both architects and builders. He explains how the construction industry was organized—from marble and timber suppliers to bricklayers and carpenters. He examines the political, legal, and economic factors that determined what would be built, and where. And he shows how the various types of public and private Roman buildings relate to the urban space as a whole. Drawing on ancient literary sources as well as on contemporary scholarship, Roman Architecture and Society examines the origins of the architectural achievements, construction techniques, and discoveries that have had an incalculable influence on the postclassical Western world. This detailed and concise account will appeal not only to students and scholars of Roman history, but to all with an interest in ancient architecture and urban society.
Author |
: Cedric de Leon |
Publisher |
: Stanford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 255 |
Release |
: 2015-05-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780804794985 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0804794987 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Synopsis Building Blocs by : Cedric de Leon
Do political parties merely represent divisions in society? Until now, scholars and other observers have generally agreed that they do. But Building Blocs argues the reverse: that some political parties in fact shape divisions as they struggle to remake the social order. Drawing on the contributors' expertise in Indonesia, India, the United States, Canada, Egypt, and Turkey, this volume demonstrates further that the success and failure of parties to politicize social differences has dramatic consequences for democratic change, economic development, and other large-scale transformations. This politicization of divisions, or "political articulation," is neither the product of a single charismatic leader nor the machinations of state power, but is instead a constant call and response between parties and would-be constituents. When articulation becomes inconsistent, as it has in Indonesia, partisan calls grow faint and the resulting vacuum creates the possibility for other forms of political expression. However, when political parties exercise their power of interpellation efficiently, they are able to silence certain interests such as those of secular constituents in Turkey. Building Blocs exposes political parties as the most influential agencies that structure social cleavages and invites further critical investigation of the related consequences.
Author |
: Richard Lorch |
Publisher |
: John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages |
: 418 |
Release |
: 2008-04-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780470758816 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0470758813 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis Buildings, Culture and Environment by : Richard Lorch
With accelerating change towards globalisation, the efficacy of design solutions not embedded within regional culture has been prone to failure - technically, socially and economically. Environmental problems and questions surrounding how to achieve a sustainable built environment are now posing urgent challenges to built environment practitioners and researcher. However, international cooperation in setting targets and standards as well as an increasing exchange of environmental information and practices present designers, clients and occupants with new problems that comprise local needs and the built environment. This book addresses the role regional culture play in the successful (or otherwise) process of exchanging and adapting environmental practices and standards in the built environment. Using the specific case of the design of environmentally sound buildings, the book identifies a number of issues from different perspectives: The conflict between regionally appropriate environmental building practices within a global technical and economic context. How human, social and cultural expectations limit technological advances and performance improvements. To what extent information on environmentally progressive buildings can be transferred across cultures without compromising regional and local practices. Which ideas travel successfully between regions – generic principles, specific ideas or specific solutions? How the idea of regional identity is being redefined as the process of globalisation both widens and accelerates.
Author |
: Richard Sennett |
Publisher |
: Yale University Press |
Total Pages |
: 353 |
Release |
: 2023-08-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780300274769 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0300274769 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Synopsis Building and Dwelling by : Richard Sennett
A reflection on the past and present of city life, and a bold proposal for its future “Constantly stimulating ideas from a veteran of urban thinking.”—Jonathan Meades, The Guardian In this sweeping work, the preeminent sociologist Richard Sennett traces the anguished relation between how cities are built and how people live in them, from ancient Athens to twenty-first-century Shanghai. He shows how Paris, Barcelona, and New York City assumed their modern forms; rethinks the reputations of Jane Jacobs, Lewis Mumford, and others; and takes us on a tour of emblematic contemporary locations, from the backstreets of Medellín, Colombia, to Google headquarters in Manhattan. Through it all, Sennett laments that the “closed city”—segregated, regimented, and controlled—has spread from the Global North to the exploding urban centers of the Global South. He argues instead for a flexible and dynamic “open city,” one that provides a better quality of life, that can adapt to climate change and challenge economic stagnation and racial separation. With arguments that speak directly to our moment—a time when more humans live in urban spaces than ever before—Sennett forms a bold and original vision for the future of cities.
Author |
: Robin B. Williams |
Publisher |
: Sah/Bus City Guide |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2016 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0813937442 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780813937441 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis Buildings of Savannah by : Robin B. Williams
The most comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date guide to the city's architecture covering some 350 buildings, landscapes, monuments, squares and parks, enhanced by 175 photographs and 21 maps makes this title the essential resource for tourists, architects and residents alike.
Author |
: Anne Carter Lee |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2015 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0813935652 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780813935652 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Synopsis Buildings of Virginia by : Anne Carter Lee
"This second of two volumes devoted to the Old Dominion encompasses five regions (Shenandoah Valley, Allegheny Highlands, Piedmont, Southside, and Southwest Virginia), comprising 53 counties and 20 of the state's independent cities."--Publisher's description.