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Cities and Buildings

Name: Cities and Buildings
Brand: Johns Hopkins University Press
SKU: 9780801846472
Price: 891 CZK
Availability: InStock

Skyscrapers, Skid Rows, and Suburbs

Autor: Larry R. Ford

Jazyk:

Vazba: Brožovaná

Vydavatel: Johns Hopkins University Press

Dostupnost: Skladem u dodavatele v malém množství

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In this text, Ford offers an account of the relationship between urban architecture - especially ver...

Informace o knize

Autor

Larry R. Ford

Jazyk

Angličtina

Vazba

Kniha - Brožovaná

Vydáno

1994

Stránek

328

EAN

9780801846472

ISBN

0801846471

Enbook ID

04708523

Vydavatel

Johns Hopkins University Press

Hmotnost

499

Rozměry

152 x 229 x 20

Kompletní popis

In this text, Ford offers an account of the relationship between urban architecture - especially vernacular architecture - and the spatial arrangement and development of cities in North America. From office towers in the central business district to commercial strips in the "edge city", Ford shows how changes in the built environment parallel changes in urban economies and human culture. Focusing on ordinary structures rather than famous landmarks, the book aims to provide a guide to understanding the changing character of any urban landscape. Ford describes how the idea - as well as the appearance - of the modern city has changed with the evolution of buildings such as skyscrapers, skid-row hotels, single family bungalows and ranches, large apartment buildings, public-housing towers, motels, mini-malls and festival market-places. Through illustrated case studies of specific building types in particular places, Ford explores the conflicting forces of decline, revitalization and preservation that constantly transform the urban scene.