Description |
pages cm |
Series |
Ashgate studies in architecture |
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Ashgate studies in architecture series.
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Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1.The More Things Change -- 2.Communitites of Sadness and Self-Reliance -- 3.Communities of Contentment -- 4.Natural History -- 5.Misremembered Cities -- 6.Genius Loci and Embodiment -- 7.Language and Dislocation |
Summary |
The idea that buildings could be used to reform human behaviour and improve society was fundamental to the 'modern' movement in architecture and planning. However, as these approaches cam under attack from the 1950s onwards, it was thought that the environmental determinist strand of the architectural discourse had been killed off |
Analysis |
History of architecture & styles |
Link |
edfmn |
Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [159]-174) and index |
Subject |
Architecture and society.
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Architecture -- Political aspects.
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LC no. |
2011049376 |
ISBN |
9781409439226 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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(ebook) |
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