Architecture in an age of uncertainty / Edited by Benjamin Flowers

Contributor(s):

Flowers, Benjamin [ed.]

Language: English Series: Ashgate Studies in Architecture SeriesPublication details: Ashgate, 2014. England :Description: xiv, 178 pISBN:

9781409445753

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

724.7 ARC

Summary: After two decades which saw the construction industry flourish, has come a sudden period of instability, where architecture firms have been jettisoning employees at an unprecedented rate as building projects dry up. This edited volume brings together scholars, critics, and architects to discuss the present state of uncertainty in the practice and discipline of architecture. The chapters are organized into three main areas of inquiry: economics, practice, and technology. Within this larger framework, authors explore issues of security, ecological design, disaster architecture, the future of arc.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Text/Reserve Book	Library, SPAB J-2	Non Fiction	724.7 ARC (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	Rec. by Brishbhanlali Raghuwanshi		010646

Total holds: 0

After two decades which saw the construction industry flourish, has come a sudden period of instability, where architecture firms have been jettisoning employees at an unprecedented rate as building projects dry up. This edited volume brings together scholars, critics, and architects to discuss the present state of uncertainty in the practice and discipline of architecture. The chapters are organized into three main areas of inquiry: economics, practice, and technology. Within this larger framework, authors explore issues of security, ecological design, disaster architecture, the future of arc.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Click on an image to view it in the image viewer