Helena Chance

The factory in a garden

A history of corporate landscapes from the industrial to the digital age

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book aims to explore the designed landscapes associated with factories and corporations in the UK and US created since the industrial revolution. It is largely historical, focusing on the period between 1890 and 1930 but it comes right up to date with initiatives such as secret gardens and vegetable allotments at the London Google offices.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 920g
• ISBN-13: 9781784993009
• ISBN-10: 178499300X
• Artikelnr.: 47735509

Autorenporträt

Helena Chance is Reader in History and Theory of Design at Buckinghamshire New University

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. 'The pleasant manufactory' 2. From model factory to modern
factory 3. 'The Factory in a Garden'/'The Garden in a Factory' 4. 'Happy
healthy workers are the world's best': factory landscapes, leisure and the
model employee 5. Designing the company Arcadia 6. 'The Most Beautiful
Factory in the World': the power of the garden image 7. Factory gardens and
parks: profits or perks? 8. From factory gardens to 'connected gardens'
Select gazetteer: company gardens and parks, c.1750-c.1960 and offices and
office parks with significant landscaping, 1970-2015 Index