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In the past two decades economic bubbles inflated and architectural
spending around the globe reached fever pitch. In both
well-established centers of capital accumulation and far--flung
locales, audacious building projects sprang up, while the
skyscraper, heretofore more commonly associated with American
capitalism, seemed as if it might pack up and relocate to Dubai and
Shanghai. Of course, much has changed in the past couple of years.
In formerly free-spending Dubai, the tallest building in the world
is now is named after the president of Abu Dhabi after he stepped
in with last--minute debt financing. In cities across the United
States, housing prices have nose-dived and cleared lots sit ready
for commercial redevelopment that likely won't take place for
another decade. Similar stories are not hard to find in many other
nations. Architecture firms that swelled in flush days are
jettisoning employees at a startling rate. In the context of
economic instability (and its attendant social and political
consequences), this edited volume brings together scholars,
critics, and architects to discuss the present state of uncertainty
in the practice and discipline of architecture. The chapters are
organized into three main areas of inquiry: economics, practice,
and technology. Within this larger framework, authors explore
issues of security, ecological design, disaster architecture, the
future of architectural practice, and the ethical obligations of
the social practice of design. In doing so, it argues that this
period has actually afforded architecture a valuable moment of
self-reflection, where alternative directions for both the theory
and practice of architecture might be explored rather than
continuing with an approach which was so nurtured by capitalist
prosperity and affluence.
In the past two decades economic bubbles inflated and architectural
spending around the globe reached fever pitch. In both
well-established centers of capital accumulation and far--flung
locales, audacious building projects sprang up, while the
skyscraper, heretofore more commonly associated with American
capitalism, seemed as if it might pack up and relocate to Dubai and
Shanghai. Of course, much has changed in the past couple of years.
In formerly free-spending Dubai, the tallest building in the world
is now is named after the president of Abu Dhabi after he stepped
in with last--minute debt financing. In cities across the United
States, housing prices have nose-dived and cleared lots sit ready
for commercial redevelopment that likely won't take place for
another decade. Similar stories are not hard to find in many other
nations. Architecture firms that swelled in flush days are
jettisoning employees at a startling rate. In the context of
economic instability (and its attendant social and political
consequences), this edited volume brings together scholars,
critics, and architects to discuss the present state of uncertainty
in the practice and discipline of architecture. The chapters are
organized into three main areas of inquiry: economics, practice,
and technology. Within this larger framework, authors explore
issues of security, ecological design, disaster architecture, the
future of architectural practice, and the ethical obligations of
the social practice of design. In doing so, it argues that this
period has actually afforded architecture a valuable moment of
self-reflection, where alternative directions for both the theory
and practice of architecture might be explored rather than
continuing with an approach which was so nurtured by capitalist
prosperity and affluence.
Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan writer, once pleaded for `a pretty move
for the love of God' when watching his beloved soccer. This book is
likewise interested in `beautiful moves', but turns instead to the
architecture of the stadium as an architectural type as captivating
as the play occurring on the pitch. In the past 30 years a number
of stadium projects have been completed that highlight how this
building type has become a site for architectural innovation and
complexity. Clients that once would once have turned to large firms
specializing in stadia instead began to hire A-list and
Pritzker-Prize-winning architects to design new stadia. As a
result, in cities around the world stadia are often the most
expensive and monumental of projects, and may be icons of identity
and defining presences in the built landscape. By examining a range
of exemplary stadia from around the world (built, unbuilt and
demolished projects), this book presents for the first time a canon
for this building type. Organized chronologically, it includes
famous examples from the likes of Lina Bo Bardi, Frei Otto, Eduardo
Souto de Moura, Herzog & de Meuron, Foster + Partners and
Studio Gang.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works
in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these
high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts
are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.This collection
reveals the history of English common law and Empire law in a
vastly changing world of British expansion. Dominating the legal
field is the Commentaries of the Law of England by Sir William
Blackstone, which first appeared in 1765. Reference works such as
almanacs and catalogues continue to educate us by revealing the
day-to-day workings of society.++++The below data was compiled from
various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this
title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to
insure edition identification: ++++<sourceLibrary>British
Library<ESTCID>T118207<Notes><imprintFull>Cambridge:
printed by and for B. Flower, and sold by Crosby and Letterman,
London; J. Reed, Bristol; C. Sutton, Nottingham; and W. Holloway,
Bampton, Oxon., 1800. <collation>96; 1], xii-xxxvii, 1],80p.;
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Containing An Account Of The English Settlement At Albion And Its
Vicinity, And A Refutation Of Various Misrepresentations, Those
More Particularly Of Mr. Cobbett.
The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes
over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American
and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists,
including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames
Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John Marshall, Joseph Story,
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Roscoe Pound, among others. Legal
Treatises includes casebooks, local practice manuals, form books,
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politics, legal history, business and economics, criminology and
much more.++++The below data was compiled from various
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edition identification: ++++Harvard Law School
Libraryocm31504715Attributed to: Benjamin Flower. Cf. NUC
pre-56.London: H.D. Symonds, 1800. 35 p.; 14 cm.
Containing An Account Of The English Settlement At Albion And Its
Vicinity, And A Refutation Of Various Misrepresentations, Those
More Particularly Of Mr. Cobbett.
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