Technology and place : sustainable architecture and the Blueprint Farm / Steven A. Moore ; foreword by Kenneth Frampton.

Main entry:

Moore, Steven A., 1945-

Title & Author:

Technology and place : sustainable architecture and the Blueprint Farm / Steven A. Moore ; foreword by Kenneth Frampton.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2001.

Description:

xxiii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-253) and index.
Foreword / Kenneth Frampton -- Ch. 1. A Question of Categories -- Ch. 2. A Reconstruction from the File -- Ch. 3. The Local History of Space -- Ch. 4. Conflicting Intentions -- Ch. 5. Technological Interventions -- Ch. 6. Reception -- Ch. 7. Reproduction -- Ch. 8. Eight Propositions -- App. The Things Themselves.
Also issued online.

Summary:

Developing "sustainable" architectural and agricultural technologies was the intent behind Blueprint Farm. In this book, Steven Moore demonstrates how the various stakeholders' competing definitions of "sustainability," "technology," and "place" ultimately doomed Blueprint Farm.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

029275244X (alk. paper)
9780292752443 (alk. paper)
0292752458 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780292752450 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Agricultural innovations Texas Laredo.
Technology Social aspects Texas Laredo.
Farm buildings Texas Laredo.
Architecture Texas Laredo History.
Agriculture Innovations Texas Laredo.
Architecture Texas Laredo Histoire.
Agricultural innovations.
Architecture.
Farm buildings.
Technology Social aspects.
Duurzaam bouwen.
Boerderijen.
Blueprint Farm (Laredo, Tex.)
Texas Laredo.
Texas Laredo Blueprint Farm.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 217415
Call No.: S451.T4 M6 2001
Status: Available

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