The Globalisation of Modern Architecture : the Impact of Politics, Economics and Social Change on Architecture and Urban Design since 1990.

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Taking the break-up of the Soviet Union and the entry of Russia, China and India into the global market as the start of a new era of globalisation, Robert Adam compares new developments in architecture and urban design with major shifts in the balance of power since 1990. Based on the principle that...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Adam, Robert, 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012.
Temas:
2000-2099
Architecture and globalization.
Architecture and society > History > 21st century.
Architecture, Modern > 21st century.
Architecture et mondialisation.
Architecture et société > Histoire > 21e siècle.
Architecture > 21e siècle.
ARCHITECTURE > Urban & Land Use Planning.
Architecture and society.
Architecture, Modern.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: pt. I Setting the Scene
  • A: A Short History of Globalisation and Architecture from 500 BCE to 1939 CE
  • Empires and Birth of Faith-Based Styles
  • European Discovery and the Enlightenment
  • Colonisation and the Spread of European Culture
  • First Great Globalisation
  • Nationalism, Internationalism and the Birth of Modernism
  • B: The New World Order 1945to 1992:Global Commerce, Politics and the Triumph of Modernism
  • Establishing Global Institutions
  • Cold War and Victory of Modernism
  • Golden Age of Capitalism and Heroic Modernism
  • Breakdown of the Post-War Consensus and a Crisis of Confidence in Architecture
  • Western Recovery and the Fragmentation of Architecture
  • Setting the Stage for the Global Economy
  • pt. II New Global Era and the Global Elite
  • End of the Cold War and the Dawn of the New Global Era
  • Social and Cultural Impacts of Globalisation
  • ^ Supremacy of the North-Atlantic Economies
  • Architectural Practice and the Response to Global Opportunities
  • Architects and the Transnational Capitalist Class
  • Cities and the Global Elite
  • pt. III How Globalisation Makes Things the Same
  • New Structure of Global Trade
  • Transformed Political Landscape and the Global City
  • Universal Trading City
  • Reflexive Modernism
  • Symbolism of the Global City
  • Global Suburb
  • Deterritorialisation and the Non-Place
  • Consumerism, the Globalisation of Markets and Branding
  • Tourism Redefined and the Branding of Cities
  • Birth of the Iconic Building and the Bilbao Effect
  • Iconic Architecture: Practice and Theory
  • Star Architects
  • Global Architects
  • pt. IV How Globalisation Keeps Things Different
  • Breakdown of the Nation State and Revived Identities
  • Cultural Rights and the International Response
  • ^ Identity Politics and the Complexity of the Global Condition
  • Personal and Social Identity.

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