The Architecture of Industry

Changing Paradigms in Industrial Building and Planning
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-73940-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 408 g

Reihe: Ashgate Studies in Architecture

From the Rust Belt to Silicon Valley, the intersection between architecture and industry has provided a rich and evolving source for historians of architecture. In a historical context, industrial architecture evokes the smoking factories of the nineteenth century or Fordist production complexes of the twentieth century. This book documents the changing nature of industrial building and planning from the end of the nineteenth century to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Drawing on research from the United States, Europe and Australia, this collection of essays highlights key moments in industrial architecture and planning representative of the wider paradigms in the field. Areas of analysis include industrial production, factories, hydroelectricity, aerospace, logistics, finance, scientific research and mining. The selected case studies serve to highlight architectural and planning innovations in industry and their contributions to wider cultural and societal currents. This richly illustrated collection will be of interest for a wide range of built environment studies, incorporating findings from both historical and theoretical scholarship and design research.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Aitchison, Mathew

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Geschichte der Architektur, Baugeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Architektur: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Architecture of Industry

Über Autor(innen)

Mathew Aitchison is University of Queensland Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the School of Architecture’s ATCH research centre, where he was centre manager from 2010-13. He is an architect, researcher and teacher with international experience in Germany, the UK, the USA and Australia.