Framing Places: Mediating Power in Built Form

ISBN-13: 9780415416351 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 242 str.

Kim Dovey

Opis

Presents an account of the nexus between place and power, investigating how the built forms of architecture and urban design act as mediators of social practices of power. Explored through a range of theories and case studies, this volume shows how lives a

Spis treści

Introduction  Part 1: Frames of Theorization  1. Power  2. Program  3. Text  4. Place  Part 2: Centres of Power  5. Take Your Breath Away: Berlin  6. Hidden Power: Beijing  7. Paths to Democracy: Bangkok  Part 3: Global Types  8. Tall Storeys: The Corporate Tower  9. Inverted City: The Shopping Mall  10. Domestic Desires: House and Enclave  Part 4: Localities  11. A Sign for the Twenty-First Century: Euralille  12. Rust and Irony: Rottnest Island  13. Afterword: Liberty and Complicity

O autorze

Kim Dovey is Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Melbourne. He has published and broadcast widely on issues of place and ideology including the book Fluid City (Routledge 2005).