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Interior Urbanism explores the roots of this contemporary tension between inside and outside, identifying and analysing the concept of interior urbanism and tracing its history back to the works of John Portman and Associates in 1960s and 70s America. Portman - increasingly recognised as an influential yet understudied figure - was responsible for projects such as Peachtree Center in Atlanta and the Los Angeles Bonaventure Hotel, developments that employed vast internal atriums to define a world of possibilities not just for hotels and commercial spaces, but for the future of the American downtown amid the upheavals of the 1960s and 70s.
The book analyses Portman's architecture in order to reconsider major contexts of debate in architecture and urbanism in this period, including the massive expansion of a commercial imperative in architecture, shifts in the governance and development of cities amid social and economic instability, the rise of postmodernism and critical urban studies, and the defence of the street and public space amid the continual upheavals of urban development.
In this way the book reconsiders the American city at a crucial time in its development, identifying lessons for how we consider the forces at work, and the spaces produced, in cities in the present.
Interior Urbanism explores the roots of this contemporary tension between inside and outside, identifying and analysing the concept of interior urbanism and tracing its history back to the works of John Portman and Associates in 1960s and 70s America. Portman - increasingly recognised as an influential yet understudied figure - was responsible for projects such as Peachtree Center in Atlanta and the Los Angeles Bonaventure Hotel, developments that employed vast internal atriums to define a world of possibilities not just for hotels and commercial spaces, but for the future of the American downtown amid the upheavals of the 1960s and 70s.
The book analyses Portman's architecture in order to reconsider major contexts of debate in architecture and urbanism in this period, including the massive expansion of a commercial imperative in architecture, shifts in the governance and development of cities amid social and economic instability, the rise of postmodernism and critical urban studies, and the defence of the street and public space amid the continual upheavals of urban development.
In this way the book reconsiders the American city at a crucial time in its development, identifying lessons for how we consider the forces at work, and the spaces produced, in cities in the present.
The first section of the book deals with letters to the editor that are, for the most part, tongue-in-cheek jabs at the crazy world we live in. The majority of the letters are written under the satirical and totally fictitious "Greater Sycamore Valley Chamber of Commerce."
The latter part of the book contains Sunday Guest Editorials dealing with a wide variety of religious topics and everyone's need to seek out and find God.
The author, Charles Rice, is known to many in the area as "Sir Charles." His quick wit and keen sense of the absurd have garnered a large following in Southeast Kansas.
Charles and his wife, Meredith, own and manage a sign shop and locksmith business out of their home near Sycamore, Kansas. Charles also pastors the Bethel Church of God in Neodesha, Kansas. Charles and Meredith also do a monthly television program as part of the Gospel Hour which is seen on the local cable network.
This is the fourth work produced by the author. His first book, "The Joke's On Me and Other Stuff I Have Written," was published by Wordclay. His second book, "The Stones of Decision," also published by Wordclay, deals with the stones that were part of the breast plate of Aaron the High Priest of Israel. "When The Walls Came Tumbling Down," also published by Exlibris, relates the author's life-long love affair with waterfowl hunting.
Prologue: The Atrium Effect
1. Transformations in Modern Architecture
2. The Business of Architecture and Development
3. Atlanta, New American City
4. The Geometry of Interior Urbanism
5. Urban Studies on the Street
Epilogue: On Hollow Forms
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Kunst |
| Rubrik: | Kunst & Musik |
| Thema: | Architektur |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9781472581198 |
| ISBN-10: | 1472581199 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Rice, Charles |
| Hersteller: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 234 x 156 x 10 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Charles Rice |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 25.02.2016 |
| Gewicht: | 0,278 kg |
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