Nick Wates, Charles Knevitt

Community Architecture (Routledge Revivals)

How People Are Creating Their Own Environment

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1987, this title was one of the first to explore the emerging popular movement of Community Architecture, which gained momentum throughout Britain in the 1970s and 1980s. A work that has influenced policy makers and planning legislation, Community Architecture remains one of the key reference works for student architects and planners.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 209
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9780415708586
• ISBN-10: 0415708583
• Artikelnr.: 41612559

Autorenporträt

Wates, Nick; Knevitt, Charles

Inhaltsangabe

List of Plates; Acknowledgements; Foreword by Lord Scarman; Authors'
Preface; 1. Rebuilding Community: Introducing Community Architecture 2. The
Breakthrough: A History of Community Architecture 3. Cities That Destroy
Themselves: The Bankruptcy of Conventional Architecture 4. The Pioneers:
The Community Architecture Approach Explained 5. Why Community Architecture
Works: The Natural Laws Governing the Relationships between Human Beings
and the Built Environment 6. Making It Happen: The New Organizational
Frameworks, Techniques and Roles 7. The Way Forward: What Needs to be Done
Next; Appendices: 1. Services provided by community technical aid centres
2. Workload of a community technical aid centre 3. Concise history of the
community architecture movement 4. Directory of information sources 5.
Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index