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The Culture of Building.

The Culture of Building describes how the built world, including the vast number of buildings that are the settings for people's everyday lives, is the product of building cultures--complex systems of people, relationships, building types, techniques, and habits in which design and building are...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Davis, Howard
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2000.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Introduction: Two Billion Buildings; PART I: BUILDINGS AS CULTURAL PRODUCTS; PART II: RULES AND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT BUILDING; PART III: TRANSFORMING MODERN BUILDING CULTURES; Conclusion: Cracks in the Concrete Pavement; Notes; Bibliography; Credits; Index.