Buildings and Power

Buildings and Power
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 365
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ISBN-10 : 9781136130847
ISBN-13 : 1136130845
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Book Synopsis Buildings and Power by : Thomas A. Markus

Download or read book Buildings and Power written by Thomas A. Markus and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The material and cultural world in which we now live perhaps represents the end of a process created out of the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution. The battles fought over class, ideology and language are represented most clearly in the explosion of new building types during the Century of Revolutions. Lavishly illustrated with photographs, drawings, maps and plans, Buildings and Power analyses architectural form, function and space to explore the reproduction and the subversion of power in the modern city.


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