The Global Architect: Firms, Fame and Urban Form

by Donald McNeill

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415956412
• ISBN13: 9780415956413
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"