| Re-Shaping Cities: How Global Mobility Transforms Architecture and Urban Form Contributor(s): Guggenheim, Michael (Editor), Söderström, Ola (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415492912 ISBN-13: 9780415492911 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $60.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2009 Annotation: How are building types such as skyscrapers, mosques or living history museums imported, adapted and contested in different societies? Our urban landscapes are reshaped by the global circulation of models drawn from elsewhere. This original collection examines how architectural ideas, social models and building forms circulate round the world and become adapted to local conditions. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - Architecture | Criticism |
| Dewey: 720.103 |
| LCCN: 2009023086 |
| Series: Architext |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.9" W x 9.6" (1.10 lbs) 262 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This original collection examines how architectural ideas, social models and building forms circulate round the world and become mediated and adapted to local conditions. The book shows how types such as skyscrapers, mosques or living history museums are imported, adapted and contested in different societies and how urban landscapes are reshaped by the global circulation of models drawn from elsewhere. Written by scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds -architecture, anthropology, geography, linguistics, science studies and sociology - the book draws its inspiration from a series of different approaches and offers both original theoretical reflection and carefully crafted case-studies. |