Architecture of Parts: Architects, Building Workers and - Industrialisation in Britain 1940 197

Zusatztext "An Architecture of Parts: Architects! Building Workers and Industrialisation in Britain 1940-70 is an ambitious book! one that successfully reconciles theoretical issues with a wide range of archival sources to elucidate a large and complex subject matter." - Gary A. Boyd! The Queen's University! The Journal of Architecture Informationen zum Autor Authored by Wall, Christine Zusammenfassung Using analysis of visual, oral and documentary material An Architecture of Parts offers a compelling analysis of architecture, construction and the uneasy relationship between them in post-War Britain. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: Industrialisation and the British Building Industry 1. The Industrialization of Building 2. The Building Industry during War and Reconstruction 3. Education and Training 4. Post-War change: management and organization Part 2: Architectural Abstraction: The Role of The Modular Society in Promoting Industrialized Methods 5. The Modular Society 6. ‘Additive Architecture’: The Early Years of Modular Co-ordination 7. The BRS and the Mathematization of Architectural Modularity Part 3: ‘Never Argue with the Architect’: Architects and Building Workers 1940-70 8. ‘Put nobody between the architect and the men’: The Role of Architects on Site 9. The Nature of Work in the Construction Industry 10. Elusive Connections: Architects and Building Workers in Mid-century Britain

Product details

• Authors: Christine Wall
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.10.2016
• EAN: 9781138229358
• ISBN: 978-1-138-22935-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Routledge Research in Architecture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Residential, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / General, ARCHITECTURE / Methods & Materials, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial, ARCHITECTURE / General, ARCHITECTURE / History / Contemporary (1945-), History of Architecture, Building construction & materials, Building construction and materials