William Alvis Brogden

A City's Architecture (eBook, ePUB)

Aberdeen as 'Designed City'

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The diffuse town/region is typical of our time. The story of Aberdeen is just such an example. Not only are the materials for its long history present, its relations and concerns with the wider world are also well attested, and many of the ideas which directed or significantly impinged on the design of cities were tested there, or had their origin there. This book examines the development and design of a city from three inescapable aspects: its location and character of the landscape; its own particular history of development; and its cultural responses to various waves of thought.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351962681
• Artikelnr.: 49366148

Autorenporträt

Bill Brogden is a critic, architectural historian, conservationist and consultant on design policy and master planning. After training as architect at the NC State School of Design, and post graduate study at Edinburgh and in London he has spent his professional life in research and teaching from Aberdeen.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface
Prologue
The landscape
The legacy of the medieval town
Early improvements
The designed city
From classic to Caledonian
Architecture for Everyman
Granite City
Learning from the city
Bibliography
Index.