Writing Spaces : Discourses of Architecture, Urbanism and the Built Environment, 1960-2000

ISBN-13: 9780415274920 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 256 str.

C. Greig Crysler

Opis

Writing Spaces examines and compares discourses of architecture, urbanism and the built environment between 1960 and 2000, a period in which economies and cultures in the world became ever more interdependent; in which technologies revolutionized production and communications and when the social and spatial organization of built environments and cities were massively transformed. As a response to these developments, social theory has been recast, arguing that space is the medium of social change and hence political struggle. Writing Spaces draws upon these debates. It suggests that research in built environment disciplines constitutes a unique resource in gaining understanding of the role of space in social change. Writing Spaces explores how journals mediate and transform our understanding and experience of buildings urban spaces and architectural cultures.

Spis treści

1: Introduction 2: Silent Itineraries: Making Places in Architectural History 3: Strategies of Disturbance and the ^D<"Generation of Theory^D>" 4: Unsettled Traditions and Global Modernities 5: Economies of Representation 6: Bodies of Theory 7: Conclusion. Bibliography. Index.

O autorze

C. Greig Crysler