Framing places : mediating power in built form

Author:Kim Dovey (Author)

Summary:Framing Places investigates how the built forms of architecture and urban design act as mediators of social practices of power. It is an account of how our lives are 'framed' within the clusters of rooms, streets and cities we inhabit.

Print Book, English, 2001

Edition:Repr View all formats and editions

Publisher: Routledge, London, 2001

Series:

The architext series

Physical Description:XV, 217 Seiten : Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten.

ISBN:

9780415173681, 9780415173674, 041517368X, 0415173671

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:176656484

Subjects:

Architecture and society

Architektur

Gesellschaft

Macht

Öffentliches Gebäude

Space (Architecture)

Contents:

Part 1: Frames of Theorization. Power. Program. Text. Place. Part 2: Centres of Power. Take Your Breath Away. Hidden Power. Traces of Democracy. Part 3: Global Types. Tall Storeys. Inverted City. Domestic Dreaming. Part 4: Localities. On The Move. Rust and Irony. Afterword. Liberty and Complicity.