Governing by Design: Architecture, Economy, and Politics in the Twentieth Century

by Aggregate

Governing by Design offers a unique perspective on twentieth-century architectural history. It disputes the primacy placed on individuals in the design and planning process and instead looks to the larger influences of politics, culture, economics, and globalization to uncover the roots of how our built environment evolves. In these chapters, historians offer their analysis on design as a vehicle for power and as a mediator of social currents. Power...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822961784
• ISBN13: 9780822961789
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.2"