Designing Emerging Markets

A Quantitative History of Architectural Globalisation

AvGiaime Botti

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

1 651 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar. Fri frakt över 249 kr.

Fler format och utgåvor

Inbunden

1 651 kr

Beskrivning

This book offers a unique glance into the process of globalisation of the architectural practice during the last three decades through the lenses of innovative methodologies in architectural history based on quantitative data.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-05-24
Mått:155 x 235 x 22 mm
Vikt:933 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:541
Förlag:Springer Verlag, Singapore
ISBN:9789819915545

Utforska kategorier

Historia: särskilda händelser och ämnen inom Historia och arkeologi
Arkitektur inom Kultur
Arkitekturhistoria inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Giaime Botti, Ph.D. in Architecture from Politecnico di Torino, is an Assistant Professor in Architecture at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China and the BEng Architecture Course Director. He has previously taught at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá. His research focuses on the history of twentieth-century architecture and urbanism in Latin America, on contemporary China, and on the global practice of architecture.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction.- Toward a quantitative turn: Frontiers of architectural historiography.- The globalisation of the practice: From European colonialism to the global age of architecture.- Architecture in the emerging markets: BRICS and beyond.- The architectural geography of the skyscraper.- The architectural geography of art and culture.- The architectural geography of big events.- The architectural geography of workplace.- The architectural geography of tourism and leisure.- Conclusions: Reshuffling architectural canons and professional agency's narratives.