Buildings And Society
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Buildings And Society
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Author : Anthony D. King
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2003-10-04
Buildings And Society written by Anthony D. King and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-10-04 with Science categories.
First Published in 1984. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Architecture And Ritual
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Author : Peter Blundell Jones
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2016-08-25
Architecture And Ritual written by Peter Blundell Jones and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-25 with Architecture categories.
Architecture and Ritual explores how the varied rituals of everyday life are framed and defined in space by the buildings which we inhabit. It penetrates beyond traditional assumptions about architectural style, aesthetics and utility to deal with something more implicit: how buildings shape and reflect our experience in ways of which we remain unconscious. Whether designed to house a grand ceremony or provide shelter for a daily meal, all buildings coordinate and consolidate social relations by giving orientation and focus to the spatial practices of those who use them. Peter Blundell Jones investigates these connections between the social and the spatial, providing critical insights into the capacity for architecture to structure human ritual, from the grand and formal to the mundane. This is achieved through deep readings of individual pieces of architecture, each with a detailed description of its particular social setting and use. The case studies are drawn from throughout architectural history and from around the globe, each enabling a distinct theoretical theme to emerge, and showing how social conventions vary with time and place, as well as what they have in common. Case studies range from the Nuremberg Rally to the Centre Pompidou, and from the Palace of Westminster to Dogon dwellings in Africa and a Modernist hospital. In considering how all architecture has to mesh with the habits, beliefs, rituals and expectations of the society that created it, the book presents deep implications for our understanding of architectural history and theory. It also highlights the importance for architects of understanding how buildings frame social space before they prescribe new architectural designs of their own. The book ends with a recent example of user participation, showing how contemporary user interest and commitment to a building can be as strong as ever.
Building Cities
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Author : Norman Crowe
language : en
Publisher: Artmediaco
Release Date : 1999
Building Cities written by Norman Crowe and has been published by Artmediaco this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Architecture categories.
Examines the social and environmental problems of our time, offering a holistic way of thinking about human interaction and its relationship to the built environment. The book outlines how traditional principles of urbanism support and sustain human cultures in cities, bringing together the issues of how we build and live together from architectural, political and technical perspectives. It contains eight essays and 62 projects.
Buildings In Society International Studies In The Historic Era
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Author : Liz Thomas
language : en
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2018-05-31
Buildings In Society International Studies In The Historic Era written by Liz Thomas and has been published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-31 with Social Science categories.
This book presents a series of papers reflecting the latest approaches to the study of buildings from the historic period. This volume does not examine buildings as architecture, rather it adopts an archaeological perspective to consider them as artefacts, reflecting the needs of those who commissioned them.
Experiencing Architecture In The Nineteenth Century
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Author : Edward Gillin
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2018-10-18
Experiencing Architecture In The Nineteenth Century written by Edward Gillin and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-18 with Architecture categories.
Bringing together fourteen original essays, this collection opens up new perspectives on the architectural history of the nineteenth century by examining the buildings of the period through the lens of 'experience'. With a focus on the experience of the ordinary building user – rather than simply on the intentions of the designer – the book shows that new and important insights can be brought to our understanding of Victorian architecture. The chapters present a range of ideas and new research – some examining individual building case studies (from grand hotels and clubhouses in New York to the parliament buildings of Westminster), and others exploring conceptual questions about the nature of architectural experience, whether sensory or otherwise. Yet they share the premise that the idea of the 'experience of architecture' took on a new and particular significance with the rise of industrial modernity, and they examine what contemporary people – both architects and non-architects – understood by this idea. The insights in this volume extend beyond the study of Victorian architecture. Together they suggest how 'experience' might be used as a framework to produce a more convincingly historical account of the artefacts of architectural history.
Buildings And Landmarks Of 20th And 21st Century America
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Author : Elizabeth B. Greene
language : en
Publisher:
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Buildings And Landmarks Of 20th And 21st Century America written by Elizabeth B. Greene and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with History categories.
This engaging book uses buildings and structures as a lens through which to explore various strands of U.S. social history, revealing the connections between architecture and the cultural, economic, and political events before and during these American landmarks' construction. During the 20th and 21st centuries, the United States became the dominant world power. The tumultuous progression of our nation to global leader can be seen in the social, cultural, and political history of the United States over the last century, and the country's evolution is also reflected in major buildings and landmark sites across the nation. Buildings and Landmarks of 20th- and 21st-Century America: American Society Revealed documents how the construction, design, and function of famous buildings and structures can inform our understanding of societies of the past. Its text and images enable readers to get a deeper understanding of the buildings themselves as well as what happened at each structure's location and how those events fit into our nation's history. Through the study of specific buildings or types of buildings that influenced the cultural, social, and political history of the nation, readers will explore monuments to presidents, learn about how the first tract home neighborhoods came into existence, and marvel at the role of buildings in helping us get to the moon, just to mention a few topics.
Building Systems
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Author : Kiel Moe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Building Systems written by Kiel Moe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Architectural design categories.
We can no longer view building components as artifacts (a brick or a boiler) or as autonomous systems (air conditioning or prefabrication). Rather these components and systems are part of much larger systems of which architects are one agent. This book will help architects more broadly envision these networks including : canonical texts as well as contemporary thinking from well known theorists and practitioners, each contribution frames a specific range of technology in relation to society such as building process, products, economies and ecologies clearly structured, the book is divided into three parts; each accompanied by a comprehensive introduction by the editors an annotated bibliography provides a glossary of further reading illustrated throughout with over 100 illustrations. The book calls for integration, a convergence and confluence of social and technical factors, discovering the capability and culpability of such; for architects to finally realize that the term building systems is best grasped as a verb, not a set of nouns. This reader presents students, faculty and practicing architects with an expanded view of technology in architecture that transcends naive determinisms and technocratic applications; forming a more pithy intellectual context for the complex and contingent roles of technology in twenty-first century architecture.
Architecture Of First Societies
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Author : Mark M. Jarzombek
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2014-05-27
Architecture Of First Societies written by Mark M. Jarzombek and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-27 with Architecture categories.
“This book is the most comprehensively global and critically sensitive synthesis of what we now know of the material and socio-cultural evolution of the so-called First Societies. Written by a distinguished architectural historian and theorist, this truly remarkable and indispensable study shows how the material culture of our forebears, from building to clothing, food, ritual and dance, was inextricably bound up with the mode of survival obtained in a particular place and time...It is a study that will surely become required reading for every student of material culture.”—Kenneth Frampton Starting with the dawn of human society, through early civilizations, to the pre-Columbian American tribes, Architecture of First Societies: A Global Perspective traces the different cultural formations that developed in various places throughout the world to form the built environment. Looking through the lens of both time and geography, the history of early architecture is brought to life with full-color photographs, maps, and drawings. Drawing on the latest research in archaeological and anthropological knowledge, this landmark book also looks at how indigenous societies build today in order to help inform the past.
Naturally Ventilated Buildings
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Author : Derek Clements-Croome
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2002-11
Naturally Ventilated Buildings written by Derek Clements-Croome and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-11 with Architecture categories.
While there are many historical examples of successful naturally ventilated buildings, standards for indoor climate have tended to emphasise active, mechanical airflow systems rather than passive natural systems. Despite its importance, knowledge about the performance of naturally ventilated buildings has remained comparatively sparse. With ten key research papers this book seeks to address this lack of information.
Water Doors And Buildings
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Author : Construction History Society. Conference
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Water Doors And Buildings written by Construction History Society. Conference and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Building categories.
This volume presents 50 peer-reviewed papers presented at the Sixth Annual Conference of the Construction History Society held at Queens' College Cambridge from 5-7 April 2019 which cover a wide variety of topics on aspects of construction history with a section devoted entirely to papers on water engineering.