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Concrete and culture : a material history / Adrian Forty.

Por: Tipo de material: TextoTextoEditor: London : Reaktion Books, 2016Fecha de copyright: ©2012Edición: First paperback edition 2016Descripción: 335 páginas : ilustraciones blanco y negro ; 22 cmTipo de contenido:
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Tipo de medio:
  • sin mediación
Tipo de soporte:
  • volumen
ISBN:
  • 9781861898975
  • 1861898975
Tema(s): Clasificación LoC:
  • TA 439 F67.2016
Contenidos:
Introduction -- Mud and modernity -- Natural or unnatural -- A medium without a history -- The geopolitics of concrete -- Politics -- Heaven and earth -- Memory or oblivion -- Concrete and labour -- Concrete and photography -- A concrete renaissance.
Resumen: Breaks new ground by charting concrete's effects on culture since its reinvention in the modern period, examining the ways it has changed our understanding of nature, of time and of materiality. This book discusses architects' responses to and uses of concrete while also taking into account the role it has played in politics, literature, cinema and labour relations, as well as in present-day arguments about sustainability."--Book jacket
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Introduction -- Mud and modernity -- Natural or unnatural -- A medium without a history -- The geopolitics of concrete -- Politics -- Heaven and earth -- Memory or oblivion -- Concrete and labour -- Concrete and photography -- A concrete renaissance.

Breaks new ground by charting concrete's effects on culture since its reinvention in the modern period, examining the ways it has changed our understanding of nature, of time and of materiality. This book discusses architects' responses to and uses of concrete while also taking into account the role it has played in politics, literature, cinema and labour relations, as well as in present-day arguments about sustainability."--Book jacket