Modernism's visible hand : architecture and regulation in America /
Drawing on a range of previously unexplored archival resources, Michael Osman examines the increasing role of environmental technologies in building design from the late nineteenth century, from cold storage and scientific laboratories to factories. Osman broadens our conception of how industrial ca...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
[2018]
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| Series: | Buell Center books in the history and theory of American architecture
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| Summary: | Drawing on a range of previously unexplored archival resources, Michael Osman examines the increasing role of environmental technologies in building design from the late nineteenth century, from cold storage and scientific laboratories to factories. Osman broadens our conception of how industrial capitalism shaped the built environment as well as the role of design in dealing with ecological crises today. |
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| Physical Description: | xxiv, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781517900977 1517900972 9781517900984 1517900980 |