Main entry:

Forty, Adrian, 1948-

Title & Author:

Concrete and culture : a material history / Adrian Forty.

Publication:

London : Reaktion, 2012.

Description:

335 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-322) and index.
Mud and modernity -- Natural or unnatural -- A medium without a history -- The geopolitics of concrete -- Politics -- Heaven and earth -- Memory or oblivion -- Concrete and labour -- Concrete and photography -- A concrete renaissance.
Dust jacket.
Includes reproduction of CCA Collection material.

Summary:

"Breaks new ground by charting concrete's effects on culture since its reinvention in the modern period, examining the ways it has changed our understanding of nature, of time and of materiality. This book discusses architects' responses to and uses of concrete while also taking into account the role it has played in politics, literature, cinema and labour relations, as well as in present-day arguments about sustainability."--Jacket.

ISBN:

9781861898975 (hbk.)
1861898975 (hbk.)
9781861899330
1861899335

Subject:

Concrete construction History.
Concrete Social aspects.
Concrete Environmental aspects.
Construction en béton Histoire.
Béton Aspect social.
Béton Aspect de l'environnement.
Concrete.
Architecture and Planning.
Concrete construction.
Beton
Kultur
Architektur
Betonbau
Betong.
Byggnader sociala aspekter.
Centre canadien d'architecture Collection

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 279736
Call No.: BIB 215909
Status: Available