Buildings & power : freedom and control in the origin of modern building types / Thomas A. Markus.

Main entry:

Markus, Thomas A.

Title & Author:

Buildings & power : freedom and control in the origin of modern building types / Thomas A. Markus.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1993.

Description:

xx, 343 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. I. Some Underlying Ideas. 1. The shape of the argument. 2. Why can we use buildings? -- pt. II. Buildings and People. 3. Formation. 4. Re-formation. 5. Cleanliness is next to godliness. 6. Re-creation -- pt. III. Buildings and Knowledge. 7. Visible knowledge. 8. Ephemeral knowledge. 9. Invisible knowledge -- pt. IV. Buildings and Things. 10. Production. 11. Exchange -- pt. V. Concluding Remarks.

Summary:

Aims to shift the focus of architectural debate from themes of art and technology to an analysis of social meanings. Building forms provide answers to questions of power, order, classification and function. This study covers the period from the Enlightenment to the French and Industrial Revolution.

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Publisher description

ISBN:

0415076641
9780415076647
041507665X (pbk.)
9780415076654 (pbk.)

Subject:

Asian Development Bank
Architecture, Modern.
Architecture History.
Architecture Histoire.
Architecture
Architektur
Gaststätte
Geschäftshaus
Industriebau
Kulturgebäude
Sozialeinrichtung
Typologie
Bouwkunst.
Machtsvertoon.
Bautypus Geschichte Neuzeit
Architektursemiotik
Gesellschaft
Arquitetura moderna.
Historia.
Architecture, Modern History.
Architecture moderne Histoire.
Fonctionnalisme (architecture)
18e siècle-19e siècle
Sociologie
fonctionnalisme (art)

Form/genre:

History
Books.

Added entries:

Buildings and power.

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Location: Library main 325025
Call No.: 325025
Status: Available

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