Housing transformations : shaping the space of twenty-first century living / Bridget Franklin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Franklin, Bridget.

Series:

Housing and society series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Housing--Great Britain.

Housing.

Housing development.

Great Britain.

Housing development--Great Britain.

Housing policy--Great Britain.

Housing policy.

Physical Description:

xiv, 303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

Summary:

The turn of the century has seen a proliferation of concepts and models in relation to the development of new types of residential environment in the UK. Housing Transformations seeks to account for why this has occured and how it has been made manifest through the shaping of the actual built form. The first part of the book presents a conceptual framework which argues that the built environment derives from a variety of influences: the structural context, the mediating role of institutions and organisations, the actions and proclivities of individuals, and textual representations. The second part includes illustrated case study examples, covering both new build schemes, such as urban villages, gated communities, foyers, continuing care retirement communities and televillages, and refurbishment projects, such as mental hospitals and tower blocks. The result is an original book in which social theory is combined with elements from the built environment disciplines to provide greater insight into how and why we build places and dwell in spaces that are at once contradictory, confining, liberating and illuminating. Housing Transformations will appeal to academics, students and professionals in the fields of housing, planning, architecture and urban design, as well as to social scientists with an interest in housing.

Contents:

Theory, concept and practice

Towards a contextual approach

Unsettling structures : insecurity and change in a globalised society

The institutional framework : powers, policies and procedures

Agency and action : negotiation, influence and resistance

The built form : design and discourse

Issues, projects and processes

Revisioning the village

Monuments made good

Settings of structured dependency

Constructing city lifestyles

Alternative modes of dwelling

Conclusion

Making connections.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-292) and index.

ISBN:

041533618X

0415336198

0203421396

OCLC:

62341484

Publisher Number:

9780415336185 (hbk. : alk. paper)

9780415336192 (pbk. : alk. paper)

9780203421390 (ebk.)

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