Re-shaping cities how global mobility transforms architecture and urban form /
How are building types such as skyscrapers, mosques or living history museums imported, adapted and contested in different societies? Our urban landscapes are reshaped by the global circulation of models drawn from elsewhere. This collection examines how architectural ideas, social models and buildi...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2010.
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| Series: | Architext series.
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Table of Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Part I Travelling Cities; Chapter 1 Introduction: Mobility and the Transformation of Built Form; Chapter 2 Notes Towards a Global Historical Sociology of Building Types; Part II Mediations and Mediators; Chapter 3 Travelling Types and the Law: Minarets, Caravans and Suicide Hospices; Chapter 4 The High-rise Office Tower as a Global 'Type': Exploring the Architectural World of Getty Images and Co; Part III Circulating Types; Chapter 5 Factories, Office Suites, Defunct and Marginal Spaces: Mosques in Stuttgart, Germany.