Architecture, crisis, and resuscitation : the reproduction of post-Fordism in late-twentieth-century architecture / Tahl Kaminer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaminer, Tahl, 1970- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture and society--History--20th century.

Architecture and society.

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

Architecture--Economic aspects.

Architecture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 201 p. ) ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Reproduction of post-Fordism in late-twentieth-century architecture

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Studying the relation of architecture to society, this book explains the manner in which the discipline of architecture adjusted itself in order to satisfy new pressures by society. It offers an understanding of contemporary conditions and phenomena, from the ubiquity of landmark buildings to the celebrity status of architects.

Studying the relation of architecture to society, this book explains the manner in which the discipline of architecture adjusted itself in order to satisfy new pressures by society. Consequently, it offers an understanding of contemporary conditions and phenomena, ranging from the ubiquity of landmark buildings to the celebrity status of architects. It concerns the period spanning from 1966 to the first years of the current century - a period which saw radical change in economy, politics, and culture and a period in which architecture radically transformed, substituting the alleged dreariness of modernism with spectacle. Studying the relation of architecture to society, this book explains the manner in which the discipline of architecture adjusted itself in order to satisfy new pressures by society. Consequently, it offers an understanding of contemporary conditions and phenomena, ranging from the ubiquity of landmark buildings to the celebrity status of architects. It concerns the period spanning from 1966 to the first years of the current century - a period which saw radical change in economy, politics, and culture and a period in which architecture radically transformed, substituting the alleged dreariness of modernism with spectacle.

Contents:

pt. 1. Crisis and withdrawal

pt. 2. Autonomy and the resuscitation of the discipline

pt. 3. The real.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-83216-5

1-136-83217-3

1-283-04073-5

9786613040732

0-203-83184-5

9780203831847

OCLC:

705930076