Chance The factory in a garden

A history of corporate landscapes from the industrial to the digital age
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-5261-1297-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 280 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in Design and Material Culture

This book aims to explore the designed landscapes associated with factories and corporations in the UK and US created since the industrial revolution. It is largely historical, focusing on the period between 1890 and 1930 but it comes right up to date with initiatives such as secret gardens and vegetable allotments at the London Google offices.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chance, Helena

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Garten- und Landschaftsarchitektur
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Unternehmensgeschichte, Einzelne Branchen und Unternehmer

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1. 'The pleasant manufactory'
2. From model factory to modern factory
3. 'The Factory in a Garden'/'The Garden in a Factory'
4. 'Happy healthy workers are the world's best': factory landscapes, leisure and the model employee
5. Designing the company Arcadia
6. 'The Most Beautiful Factory in the World': the power of the garden image
7. Factory gardens and parks: profits or perks?
8. From factory gardens to 'connected gardens'
Select gazetteer: company gardens and parks, c.1750-c.1960 and offices and office parks with significant landscaping, 1970-2015
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Helena Chance is Reader in History and Theory of Design at Buckinghamshire New University