Touloumi, Olga, author. aut

Assembly by design : the United Nations and its global interior / Olga Touloumi.

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2024]
©2024.

x, 294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, plates ; 26 cm

Buell Center books in the history and theory of American architecture.

Assembly by Design shows how the creation of the iconic United Nation (UN) headquarters in New York City introduced a new type of public space: the global interior. With its media infrastructure, symbols, acoustic design, and architecture, the global interior defined political assembly both inside and outside the UN headquarters, serving as the architectural medium to organize multilateral encounters around the globe as the United States moved to the forefront of international politics. Olga Touloumi offers new information about the political and aesthetic decisions that turned the UN headquarters into a communications organism, looking back at a moment when politicians, architects, and diplomats--believing that assembly was a matter of design--worded together to deliver platforms for global democracy and governance. From back cover.

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United Nations Buildings.
United Nations Headquarters.
Nations Unies Siège.
Public architecture New York (State) New York.
Public architecture Political aspects.
Architecture Aesthetics.
Architecture and globalization.
Architecture publique New York (État) New York.
Architecture publique Aspect politique.
Architecture Esthétique.
Architecture et mondialisation.
ARCHITECTURE / General.

Buell Center books in the history and theory of American architecture.

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