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Modernism's Visible Hand: Architecture and Regulation in America

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Modernism's Visible Hand: Architecture and Regulation in America
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Michael Osman
SeriesBuell Center Books in the History and Theory of American Architecture
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:280
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 178
Category/GenreArt and design styles - Modernist design and Bauhaus
History of architecture
ISBN/Barcode 9781517900984
ClassificationsDewey:720.47
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 70

Publishing Details

Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Imprint University of Minnesota Press
Publication Date 10 April 2018
Publication Country United States

Description

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.

Author Biography

Michael Osman is associate professor of architecture at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Reviews

"Michael Osman weaves a complex web of interaction between architecture, science, and technology, as well as between architecture, business, and management. Modernism's Visible Hand is not only brilliant, it is also path-breaking."-Antoine Picon, author of Smart Cities: A Spatialised Intelligence "Michael Osman takes us on an extraordinary journey through turn-of-the-twentieth-century modern American life, travelling from temperature-controlled homes and cold-storage warehouses, to Pennsylvania's factories and Indiana's sand dunes. This engrossing, brilliant book is an altogether new look at American architecture, technology, and everyday life; it will be of immense value to readers interested in all these subjects."-Daniel M. Abramson, author of Obsolescence: An Architectural History