Building Systems: Design Technology and Society

ISBN-13: 9780415617932 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 272 str.

Kiel Moe; Ryan E. Smith

Opis

Focusing on the social, cultural, economic and ecological dimensions of technology, this book presents students and practicing architects with an expanded view of technology in architecture.

Spis treści

Prologue.  Introduction:  Systems, Technics, and Society  Part 1: Building Systems  1. Construction History: Between Technological and Cultural History  2. How the Introduction of Iron in Construction changed and Developed Thought Patterns in Design  3. Retrofitting and Redacting Masonry Engineering  4. Building Systems/Building Territories: Industrialized Housing Delivery and the Role of the Architect  Part 2: Building Economies  5. "Architecture or Revolution": Taylorism, Technocracy, and Social Change  6. Glass and Light: The Influence of Interior Illumination on the "Chicago School"  7. Obsolescence: Notes Towards a History  8. Risky Business, Fishy Forms  Part 3: Building Ecologies  9. Household Conditioning (If You are Cold, Put on a Sweater)  10. A House within a House  11. Architectural Production and Sociotechnical Codes: A Theoretical Framework