Donald Mcneill

The Global Architect (eBook, ePUB)

Firms, Fame and Urban Form

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Global Architect explores the increasing significance of globalization processes on urban change, architectural practice and the built environment. In what is primarily a critical sociological overview of the current global architectural industry, Donald McNeill covers the "star system" of international architects who combine celebrity and hypermobility, the top firms, whose offices are currently undergoing a major global expansion, and the role of advanced information technology in expanding the geographical scope of the industry.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135911621
• Artikelnr.: 38266298

Autorenporträt

Donald McNeill (Ph.D., University of Wales) is Associate Professor at the Urban Research Centre, University of Western Sydney, Australia. He is known for his research in urban geography, and in particular the relationship between architecture and urban space.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The globalization of architectural practice 2. Designing at distance 3.
Architectural celebrity and the cult of the individual 4. The 'Bilbao
effect' 5. Rem Koolhaas and the heteronomy of global capitalism 6. The
geography of the skyscraper 7. The ethics of architectural practice