Atrium

by Charles Rice

How the rise of the large-scale atrium space in the 1970s and '80s changed the way buildings could be designed, constructed, regulated, and occupied. In the 1970s, a void opened at the heart of architecture. In hotels, offices, public buildings, and commercial centers, the atrium emerged globally to challenge the modernist legacies of form and function, altering the pattern and experience of cities. While often appearing at vast scale and to striking...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262048337
• ISBN13: 9780262048330
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.2" x 9.1"