UID:
kobvindex_INTEBC693995
Format:
1 online resource (398 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780199772179
Content:
All buildings are ultimately the products of building cultures--complex systems of people, relationships, rules, and habits in which design and building are anchored. In this book of thirteen chapter-essays, Davis uses historical, contemporary and cross-cultural examples to describe the structure of such cultures and how they are reflected in the form of buildings and cities. His aim is to show that special insights about the improvement of the contemporary built world come from looking at the building culture as a whole, not merely the individual acts of architects and city planners. The book is illustrated with over 260 historic and contemporary photographs, drawings and prints
Note:
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction: Two Billion Buildings -- PART I: BUILDINGS AS CULTURAL PRODUCTS -- 1 Building as a Unified Social Process -- 2 Four Building Cultures in History -- 3 Building Cultures of the Contemporary City -- PART II: RULES AND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT BUILDING -- 4 Connections to the Larger Culture -- 5 Builders, Architects, and Their Institutions -- 6 Shared Architectural Knowledge -- 7 Value and the Flow of Money -- 8 Agreements, Contracts, and Control -- 9 Regulation -- 10 Shaping Buildings and Cities -- PART III: TRANSFORMING MODERN BUILDING CULTURES -- 11 Postindustrial Craftsmanship -- 12 Culturally Appropriate Buildings -- 13 Human-Based Institutions -- Conclusion: Cracks in the Concrete Pavement -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Credits -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Additional Edition:
Print version Davis, Howard The Culture of Building Cary : Oxford University Press, Incorporated,c2006 ISBN 9780195305937
Language:
English
Keywords:
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