Why We Build With Brick

This book focuses on the contemporary fired clay brick to explore themes of home and house, home ownership, materiality and sense of place.

List of contents

Introduction
1 Building House as Home
2 A History of Bricks in the Building of the English Home
3 The Craft and the Graft
4 Owning Home: homeownership and the brick-built house
5 Material Meanings: the social life of brick in residential housing
6 A Sense of Place or a Sense of Space? How the brick maintains a 'traditional' vision of English suburban housing
7 Building with Brick: An Assemblage
Conclusion: final comments
Bibliography

About the author

Felicity Cannell has a PhD in Geography from the University of Sheffield, UK. She has worked as a journalist and in higher education and is now predominantly a builder.

Summary

This book focuses on the contemporary fired clay brick to explore themes of home and house, home ownership, materiality and sense of place.

Product details

• Authors: Felicity Cannell
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032188096
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3218809-6
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: H.O.M.E
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Architecture, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social issues & processes, Social and cultural anthropology, Social and ethical issues, Human Geography, Building construction & materials, Building construction and materials