Environmental Design : Architecture, Politics, and Science in Postwar America /

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Much of twentieth-century design was animated by the creative tension of its essential duality: is design an art or a science? In the postwar era, American architects sought to calibrate architectural practice to evolving scientific knowledge about humans and environments, thus elevating the discipl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sachs, Avigail (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2018.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Democracy and architecture.
Architecture > Study and teaching.
Architecture > Human factors.
Architecture and society.
ARCHITECTURE > History > General.
ARCHITECTURE > Reference.
ARCHITECTURE > Professional Practice.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE > Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
Architecture et societe > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Architecture > Facteurs humains > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Democratie et architecture > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Architecture > Étude et enseignement > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Architecture > Study and teaching > United States > History > 20th century.
Democracy and architecture > United States > History > 20th century.
Architecture > Human factors > United States > History > 20th century.
Architecture and society > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A social art
  • Man as measure
  • With people in mind
  • The expanded field
  • The divided field.

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