Title & Author:

Architecture of fear / Nan Ellin, editor ; [Edward J. Blakely ... et al. ; with artwork by Cayewah Easley, Julius Shulman, Jody Zellen].

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

New York : Princeton Architectural Press, ©1997.

Description:

320 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-315).
Shelter from the storm, or, Form follows fear and vice versa / Nan Ellin -- Building paranoia / Steven Flusty -- The search for a place in the world / Richard Sennett -- Multiplication + subdivision : a paradox of danger and safety / Jane Harrison -- Divided we fall : gated and walled communities in the United States / Edward J. Blakely and Mary Gail Snyder -- Walls of fear and walls of support / Peter Marcuse -- Mirrors / Kevin Sites, with photographs by Julius Shulman -- The fear of architecture : a photo essay / Julius Shulman -- Abject terror : a story of fear, sex, and architecture / Dora Epstein, with artwork by Cayewah Easley -- Inside fear : secret places and hidden spaces in dwellings / Anne Troutman -- My urban history : paranoia informing place making / John Chase -- Housing for the homeless, by the homeless, and of the homeless / Michael Dear and Jurgen von Mahs -- Addressing fear through community empowerment / Lois M. Takahashi -- Hetero-architecture for the Heteropolis : the Los Angeles School / Charles Jencks -- Soc. culture : Singapore / David Turnbull -- Creating landscapes of safety / Sharon E. Sutton -- Landscapegoat / Richard Ingersoll -- Cyburbanism as a way of life / Fred Dewey, with artwork by Jody Zellen -- Fear and dreaming in the American city : from open space to cyberspace / Udo Greinacher -- The pearly gates of cyberspace / Margaret Wertheim.

Summary:

Publisher description: Examines the ways in which the contemporary landscape is shaped by our society's preoccupation with fear, as apparent in home design, security systems, gated communities, semi-public spaces (shopping malls, theme parks, casinos, office atriums), zoning regulations, and cyberspace. This fixation also manifests itself in efforts to provide public parks but control the problem of homelessness. The essayists in Architecture of fear explain that such disjointed efforts exacerbate rather than eradicate the sources and perception of fear and insecurity. Thus, in contrast to alarmist, apocalyptic treatments, the contributors offer concrete, level-headed suggestions for proaction, not reaction, to counter both real (actual crime) and perceived (media-magnified) problems in contemporary society.

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ISBN:

1568980825 (alk. paper)
9781568980829 (alk. paper)
1568980868
9781568980867

Subject:

Architecture Psychological aspects.
Architecture and society.
Fear.
Architecture Aspect psychologique.
Architecture et société.
Peur.
fear.
Architektur
Sicherheitsbedürfnis
Aufsatzsammlung
Furcht
Psychologie
Architecture
Urban design

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Added entries:

Ellin, Nan.
Blakely, Edward J. (Edward James), 1938-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 120335
Call No.: ID NA2542.4.A735; ID:96-B450
Status: Available