Modernism's visible hand : architecture and regulation in America / Michael Osman.

Main entry:

Osman, Michael, author.

Title & Author:

Modernism's visible hand : architecture and regulation in America / Michael Osman.

Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2018]
©2018

Description:

xxiv, 248 pages : illustrations, plans ; 23 cm.

Series:

Buell Center books in the history and theory of American architecture

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The thermostatic interior and household management -- Cold storage and the speculative market of preserved assets -- Representing regulation in nature's economy -- Imaging brainwork -- Regulation through paperwork in architectural practice.

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"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781517900977 hardcover
1517900972 hardcover
9781517900984 paperback
1517900980 paperback

Subject:

Architecture and technology United States History.
Architecture and society United States History.
Buildings Environmental engineering United States History.
Technological innovations Economic aspects United States History.
Risk management United States History.
Architecture et technologie États-Unis Histoire.
Architecture et société États-Unis Histoire.
Constructions Technique de l'environnement États-Unis Histoire.
Innovations Aspect économique États-Unis Histoire.
Gestion du risque États-Unis Histoire.
ARCHITECTURE History Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)
ARCHITECTURE Criticism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE Sociology Urban.
Architecture and society.
Architecture and technology.
Buildings Environmental engineering.
Risk management.
Technological innovations Economic aspects.
United States.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Buell Center books in the history and theory of American architecture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 300509
Call No.: BIB 246705
Status: Available

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