Vertical Europe : the sociology of high-rise construction / Andrea Glauser ; translated by Jessica Spengler.

Main entry:

Glauser, Andrea, author.

Title & Author:

Vertical Europe : the sociology of high-rise construction / Andrea Glauser ; translated by Jessica Spengler.

Publication:

Frankfurt : Campus Verlag, [2019]

Description:

252 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 22 cm

Notes:
Habilitation--University of Lucerne, 2017.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-250).

Summary:

More high-rise residential buildings have been built in the last two decades than at any other time before. Even in Europe, where historically a typical city's most prominent vertical accents came from chimneys and church steeples, towering buildings are increasingly shaping the urban landscape. In Vertical Europe, Andrea Glauser looks at new architectural trends in London, Paris, and Vienna, as well as the promises, desires, and fears associated with them in the minds of these cities' residents. Her book is the first full-length sociological examination of the recent skyward growth in urban Europe, bringing together debates on high-rise architecture from fields including urban planning, geography, and art history. She contextualizes this vertical construction as an area wrought with tensions between these European cities' desire to keep pace with global competition while still retaining the specific architectural qualities that have defined them for centuries. -- Provided by publisher.

Resources:
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Inhaltsverzeichnis

ISBN:

9783593510163 (English edition paperback)
3593510162

Subject:

Housing Europe.
Housing Europe Design and construction.
High-rise apartment buildings Europe.
Immeubles d'habitation en hauteur Europe.
Housing
Housing Design and construction
Europe

Added entries:

Spengler, Jessica, translator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 308510
Call No.: BIB 253882
Status: Available

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