The globalisation of modern architecture : the impact of politics, economics and social change on architecture and urban design since 1900 / by Robert Adam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adam, Robert, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture and globalization.

Architecture, Modern--21st century.

Architecture, Modern.

Architecture and society--History--21st century.

Architecture and society.

History.

Physical Description:

xx, 338 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012.

Summary:

Taking the break-up of the Soviet Union and the entry of Russia, China and India into the global market as the start of a new era of globalisation, Robert Adam compares new developments in architecture and urban design with major shifts in the balance of power since 1990.

Based on the principle that design unavoidably follows social change, politics and economics, this analysis casts a new light on recent architecture. Starting with the lead up to events in the 1990s, links are established between the global dominance of the North Atlantic economies, architectural style and a dramatic increase in international architectural practice. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Setting the Scene

A A Short History of Globalisation and Architecture from 500 BCE to 1939 CE 7

Empires and Birth of Faith-Based Styles 7

European Discovery and the Enlightenment 10

Colonisation and the Spread of European Culture 13

The First Great Globalisation 16

Nationalism, Internationalism and the Birth of Modernism 19

B The New World Order 1945 to 1992: Global Commerce, Politics and the Triumph of Modernism 29

Establishing Global Institutions 29

The Cold War and Victory of Modernism 33

The Golden Age of Capitalism and Heroic Modernism 44

The Breakdown of the Post-War Consensus and a Crisis of Confidence in Architecture 49

Western Recovery and the Fragmentation of Architecture 57

Setting the Stage for the Global Economy 66

Part II The New Global Era and the Global Elite

The End of the Cold War and the Dawn of the New Global Era 75

The Social and Cultural Impacts of Globalisation 80

The Supremacy of the North-Atlantic Economies 87

Architectural Practice and the Response to Global Opportunities 89

Architects and the Transnational Capitalist Class 97

Cities and the Global Elite 100

Part III How Globalisation Makes Things the Same

The New Structure of Global Trade 109

A Transformed Political Landscape and the Global City 116

The Universal Trading City 121

Reflexive Modernism 123

The Symbolism of the Global City 129

The Global Suburb 133

Deterritorialisation and the Non-Place 138

Consumerism, the Globalisation of Markets and Branding 144

Tourism Redefined and the Branding of Cities 153

The Birth of the Iconic Building and the Bilbao Effect 159

Iconic Architecture: Practice and Theory 166

Star Architects 177

Global Architects 183

Part IV How Globalisation Keeps Things Different

The Breakdown of the Nation State and Revived Identities 195

Cultural Rights and the International Response 200

Identity Politics and the Complexity of the Global Condition 203

Personal and Social Identity 206

'Glocalisation' and New Trading Conditions 211

The Local and the Global in Environmentalism 214

Critical Regionalism: the Modernist Response to Localism 218

Sustainability and Locality 224

Identity and Reflexive Modernism 233

Contextual Urbanism 240

Traditional Architecture 256.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1443839051

OCLC:

796278585

Publisher Number:

99954120746