Main entry:

Duffy, Francis, 1940-

Title & Author:

Work and the city / Frank Duffy.

Publication:

London : Black Dog, ©2008.

Description:

80 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.

Series:

Edge futures

Notes:
"The edge futures."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 67-71).
Work and the city: Frank Duffy -- Foreword: David Gann -- Introduction -- Architects who can't say no -- At the mill with slaves? -- A sociological critique of the Modern movement -- Redesigning the supply chain -- How the office developed -- How buildings learn -- New temporal and spatial conventions -- Mobility and permeability -- Justifying place in an increasingly virtual world -- the crisis -- The sustainable city -- suggested reading -- Authors and acknowledgements -- The Edge -- Edge futures.

Summary:

"Frank Duffy, one of the leading thinkers on the future of the workplace, takes a hard look at the damage office development has done to the fabric and life of our cities. He analyses the theoretical approaches and development mechanisms that have led to sterilisation by commerce becoming the norm across the world. In Work and the CIty Duffy suggests ways to break out of this cycle and to develop offices in urban areas that bring benefits to both cities and the office users themselves."--P. [4] of cover.

ISBN:

9781906155124 (pbk.)
1906155127 (pbk.)

Subject:

Labor economics.
Global warming Economic aspects.
Global warming Social aspects.
Work environment.
Office buildings Environmental aspects.
Urban ecology (Biology)
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Workplace
Économie du travail.
Milieu de travail.
Écologie urbaine.
Immeubles de bureaux Aspect de l'environnement.
Réchauffement de la Terre Aspect économique.
Réchauffement de la Terre Aspect social.
workplace.
urban environments.

Form/genre:

Designs and plans.

Added entries:

Edge futures.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 280256
Call No.: BIB 216837
Status: Available