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Constructing Building Enclosures: Architectural History, Technology and Poetics in the Postwar Era - Couverture souple

 
9780367276256: Constructing Building Enclosures: Architectural History, Technology and Poetics in the Postwar Era
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ISBN 10 : 0367276259 ISBN 13 : 9780367276256
Editeur : Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

Constructing Building Enclosures investigates and interrogates tensions that arose between the disciplines of architecture and engineering as they wrestled with technology and building cultures that evolved to deliver structures in the modern era. At the center of this history are inventive architects, engineers and projects that did not settle for conventional solutions, technologies and methods.

Comprised of thirteen original essays by interdisciplinary scholars, this collection offers a critical look at the development and the purpose of building technology within a design framework. Through two distinct sections, the contributions first challenge notions of the boundaries between architecture, engineering and construction. The authors then investigate twentieth-century building projects, exploring technological and aesthetic boundaries of postwar modernism and uncovering lessons relevant to enclosure design that are typically overlooked. Projects include Louis Kahn's Weiss House, Minoru Yamasaki's Science Center, Sigurd Lewerentz's Chapel of Hope and more.

An important read for students, educators and researchers within architectural history, construction history, building technology and design, this volume sets out to disrupt common assumptions of how we understand this history.

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À propos de l'auteur

Clifton Fordham is a registered architect and Assistant Professor at Temple University, where he teaches building design and building technology. His current focus is buillding enclosures with an emphasis on how their design relates to the sun. He is a graduate of the Yale School of Architecture and Howard University.

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0367276259
ISBN 13 
9780367276256
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
278
Éditeur
Fordham Clifton
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