The culture of building / Howard Davis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davis, Howard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Building.

Corporate culture.

Architecture and society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (398 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Culture of Building describes how the built world, including the vast number of buildings that are the settings for people's everyday lives, is the product of building cultures--complex systems of people, relationships, building types, techniques, and habits in which design and building are anchored. These cultures include builders, bankers, architects, developers, clients, contractors, craftspeople, building inspectors, planners, and many others. The product of these cultures, which operate building after building, is the built world of cities and settlements. In this book, Howard Davis u

Contents:

pt. 1. Buildings as cultural products

pt. 2. Rules and knowledge about building

pt. 3. Transforming modern building cultures.

Notes:

First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-988054-9

1-283-11340-6

9786613113405

0-19-977217-7

OCLC:

726734949