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1 online resource (362 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
Taking the break-up of the Soviet Union and the entry of Russia, China and India into the global market as the start of a new era of globalisation, Robert Adam compares new developments in architecture and urban design with major shifts in the balance of power since 1990. Based on the principle that design unavoidably follows social change, politics and economics, this analysis casts a new light on recent architecture. Starting with the lead up to events in the 1990s, links are established ... |
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Table of contents; list of illustrations; preface; where we are today; part i; a: a short history of globalisation and architecture from 500 bce to 1939 ce; b: the new world order 1945-1992: global commerce, politics and the triumph of modernism; part ii; part iii; part iv; conclusion; index |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
| Subject |
Architecture and globalization.
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Architecture and globalization. |
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Architecture and society -- History -- 21st century.
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Architecture, Modern -- 21st century.
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Architecture, Modern. |
| Chronological Term |
2000 - 2099 |
| Subject |
Architecture and society. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Adam, Robert. Globalisation of Modern Architecture : The Impact of Politics, Economics and Social Change on Architecture and Urban Design since 1990. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ©2012 9781443839051 |
| ISBN |
9781443839488 (electronic book) |
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1443839485 (electronic book) |
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1299658873 |
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9781299658875 |
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