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Architecture on Common Ground: Positions and Models on the Land Property Issue (Paperback): Florian Hertweck Architecture on Common Ground: Positions and Models on the Land Property Issue (Paperback)
Florian Hertweck; Designed by Thomas Mayfried; Contributions by Sylvia Claus, Franziska Eichstadt-Bohlig, Reinier Graaf, …
R594 Discovery Miles 5 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

How we deal with land has far-reaching implications for architecture and urban development. The last decade has seen a dramatic rise in the privatization of urban land and in speculation. Many European cities that today find themselves under extreme development pressure have virtually no land left to build on. In view of the acute housing shortage, the question of who owns the land is therefore more relevant than ever: To what extent are we able to treat the land as a common good and guard it from the excesses of capitalism? After a number of specialist journals have already addressed the land property issue, this book aims to dig deeper by providing a historical overview spanning an arc from Henry George to the present day. Interviews with stakeholders in global models provide insights into the current handling of the land issue. The book presents outstanding projects based on either a legal or spatial distribution of land and thus makes a valuable contribution to the current discussion on sustainable land policy.

The City and the Architecture of Change - The Work and Radical Visions of Cedric Price (Paperback): Tanja Herdt The City and the Architecture of Change - The Work and Radical Visions of Cedric Price (Paperback)
Tanja Herdt
R1,313 R870 Discovery Miles 8 700 Save R443 (34%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

For his entire professional life, British architect Cedric Price (1934-2003) reflected on the mechanisation of society and its effect on people's lives. In the 1960s and 1970s Price searched for a new language in modern architecture. His multifaceted, interdisciplinary approach and his sense of humour and self-irony, also with regard to his own profession, lead him into the fields of art and of social and natural sciences. Tanja Herdt's new book on the work and life of Cedric Price for the first time offers a comprehensive demonstration of his architectural concepts and social visions. Herdt focuses on his view of the city as a socio-technical system, the influence of product and everyday culture on architecture, and the role of science and technology in architectural design. Based on extensive research and drawing from rich and largely unpublished material, she features some of Price's well-known projects, such as Fun Palace (1961) or Potteries Thinkbelt (1964), in context with her new findings. Herdt's thorough analysis of his lesser-known works from the 1970s, including McAppy (1973-1975) and The Generator (1976), also questions the common perception of Cedric Price as an "anti-architect".

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