Facadism

1. Auflage 1994
ISBN: 978-0-415-08316-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 196 mm x 255 mm, Gewicht: 789 g

Facadism - the preservation of historic facades, the creation of facsimiles in front of new buildings and the decorative exercises of postmodernism - is accused of destroying architectural innovation, of divorcing the interior and exterior of buildings and of reducing townscapes to theatre sets. Its defenders describe facadism as the way urban tradition and progress walk hand in hand.
Facadism presents a critical analysis of a concept central to the way in which the city is being remodelled. Assessing architectural and townscape philosophies and their aesthetics, the principles of urban conservation, the process of heritage planning and the market forces of urban development, the book builds a complete picture of the causes and effects of facadism in the Twentieth Century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Richards, Jonathan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Städtebau, Stadtplanung (Architektur)
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of illustrations, Acknowledgements, 1. INTRODUCTION, 2. WHAT IS FACADISM?, 3. ARCHITECTURAL PERSPECTIVES, 4. TOWNSCAPE PERSPECTIVES, 5. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES, 6. FACADISM AND URBAN CONSERVATION, 7. WHY FACADISM?, Notes and references, Select bibliography, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jonathan Richards