Buildings and Power : Freedom and Control in the Origin of Modern Building Types

ISBN-13: 9780415076647 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 364 str.

Thomas A. Markus

Opis

Buildings and Power shifts the focus of architectural debate from the dominant themes of art and technology to an analysis of meaning in terms of social relations. Buildings are primarily social objects - their forms provide answers to questions we ask about ourselves, questions of power, order, classification and function. Everything about a building has social meaning - its form, function and spatial structure are each capable of analysis. Buildings and Power focuses on the emergence of new building types during the critical period between the Enlightenment and the French and Industrial Revolutions. The range is divided between those which control relations between people directly - schools, institutions of various kinds, buildings for cleaning and hygiene, clubs, assembly rooms and hotels; those which reproduce knowledge - museums, galleries, institutes; and those used for production and exchange - mills, production utopias, markets, shops and exchanges.

Recenzje

'The outstanding feature is Markus' precision and exhaustive learning. To chart the historical evolution of even one type of building without error or omission is an achievement. Markus performs flawlessly across every field ... the result of these endeavours, then, is a book of extraordinary and lasting value.' - Architecture Today

Spis treści

Introduction  Part I: Some Underlying Ideas  1. The Shape of the Argument  2. Why Can We Use Buildings?  Part II: Buildings and People  3. Formation  4. Re-Formation  5. Cleanliness is next to Godliness  6. Re-Creation  Part III: Buildings and Knowledge  7. Visible Knowledge  8. Emphmeral Knowledge  9. Invisible Knowledge  Part IV: Buildings and Things  10. Production  11. Exchange  Part V: Concluding Remarks  Notes  Biography  Knowledge

O autorze

Thomas A. Markus