| Framing Places: Mediating Power in Built Form Contributor(s): Dovey, Kim (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415416353 ISBN-13: 9780415416351 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $66.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2008 Annotation: Explored through a range of theories and case studies, this account shows how our lives are 'framed' within the clusters of rooms, buildings, streets, and cities we inhabit. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Criticism |
| Dewey: 720.103 |
| LCCN: 2007023668 |
| Series: Architext |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.8" W x 9.5" (1.10 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Framing Places is an account of the nexus between place and power, investigating how the built forms of architecture and urban design act as mediators of social practices of power. Explored through a range of theories and case studies, this examination shows how lives are 'framed' within the clusters of rooms, buildings, streets and cities. These silent framings of everyday life also mediate practices of coercion, seduction and authorization as architects and urban designers engage with the articulation of dreams; imagining and constructing a 'better' future in someone's interest. This second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to include a look at the recent Grollo Tower development in Melbourne and a critique on Euralille, a new quarter development in Northern France. The book draws from a broad range of methodology including:
These approaches are woven together through a series of narratives on specific cities - Berlin, Beijing and Bangkok - and global building types including the corporate tower, shopping mall, domestic house and enclave. |