Against Architecture - Couverture souple

Cecla, Franco La

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1604864060 ISBN 13 : 9781604864069

Editeur : PM Press, 2012

Synopsis

According to the renowned anthropologist and architect Franco La Cecla, modern architecture has lost its way and its true function. A modern generation of ""archistars"" is now more concerned with building their own brand, with little or no thought given to context and those who will actually live and inhabit the spaces that they create. Yet this is not merely a diatribe against the world for which La Cecla trained, it is also a call to rethink urban space, to take cities back from what he calls 'Casino Capitalism'.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Born in Palermo in 1950, Franco La Cecla is a renowned anthropologist and architect. He has taught anthropology in many European and Italian cities such as Palermo, Venice, Verona, Paris, and Barcelona. In 2005 he founded the Architecture Social Impact Assessment, ASIA, an agency that evaluates the social impact of architectural and city planning projects. In addition he has created several documentaries, one of which, In Altro Mare (In Another Sea) won the Best Coastal Culture Film award at the 2010 San Francisco Ocean Film Festival. Franco La Cecla is currently in production with RAI television on a series based on Against Architecture.

Mairin O'Mahony was born in London where she worked as an editor for 13 years before moving to San Francisco. Her experience includes a wide variety of copywriting on subjects ranging from agriculture to finance to travel. She is a passionate Italophile, dividing her time between San Francisco and Italy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: PM Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1604864060
• ISBN 13: 9781604864069
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 134
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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