The Spaces of the Hospital: Spatiality and Urban Change in London 1680-1820

ISBN-13: 9780415325158 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 176 str.

Arnold Dana

Opis

Exploring the role and significance of hospitals as agents of change in London from around 1680 to 1820, eight hospitals (Bethlehem, Chelsea, Christ's, Foundling, Greenwich, Royal London, St Bartholomew's and St George's) are used as case studies to investigate the interaction between the institution and its urban environment in terms of demographic trends, urban development and planning and the influence of the architects and surveyors of these institutions in the architectural design.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. The Spaces of the Hospital  2. Heterotopias  3. There is no Place like Home  4. Matter out of Place  5. The Gift: Dare Quam Accipere  6. The Complete Urbanisation of Society  Bibliography  Index

O autorze

Dana Arnold is Professor of Architectural History and Theory at Middlesex University, London. Her other writings on London include Rural Urbanism: London landscapes in the early nineteenth century (2006) and Representing the Metropolis: Architecture, urban experience and social life in London 1800-1840 (2000).