Culture of Building

Name: Culture of Building
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ISBN: 9780195112948

ISBN-10: 0195112946

ISBN-13: 9780195112948

Edition: 1999

Authors: Howard Davis

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All buildings are ultimately the products of building cultures--complex systems of people, relationships, rules, and habits in which design and building are anchored. In this book of thirteen chapter-essays, Davis uses historical, contemporary and cross-cultural examples to describe the structure of such cultures and how they are reflected in the form of buildings and cities. His aim is to show that special insights about the improvement of the contemporary built world come from looking at the building culture as a whole, not merely the individual acts of architects and city planners. The book is illustrated with over 260 historic and contemporary photographs, drawings and prints.

Book details

List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/6/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Size: 7.20" wide x 10.10" long x 1.60" tall
Weight: 2.860



Introduction: Two Billion Buildings



Buildings as Cultural Products



Building as a Unified Social Process



Four Building Cultures in History



Building Cultures of the Contemporary City



Rules and Knowledge About Building



Connections to the Larger Culture



Builders, Architects, and Their Institutions



Shared Architectural Knowledge



Value and the Flow of Money



Agreements, Contracts, and Control



Regulation



Shaping Buildings and Cities



Transforming Modern Building Cultures



Postindustrial Craftsmanship



Culturally Appropriate Buildings



Human-Based Institutions


Conclusion: Cracks in the Concrete Pavement


Notes


Bibliography


Credits


Index