Portable Architecture - Brossura

Kronenburg, Robert

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0750623888 ISBN 13: 9780750623889

Casa editrice: Architectural Press, 1996

Riassunto

Portable buildings have been in use since ancient times but only recently have their architectural qualities been appreciated. This book examines the development of portable architecture and explores the constructional and functional diversity of the type.

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Recensione

'Engaging account by Liverpool University lecturer arguing that
relocatable buildings should be seen not as low-cost short-life products
but part of mainstream architectural development.'
Architecture Today

L'autore

Robert Kronenburg is an architect and Chair of Architecture at the University of Liverpool, School of Architecture and Building Engineering, United Kingdom. He has written for the Architects' Journal, Building Design, Architectural Design. and Fabrics Architecture and contributed to the World Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture edited by Paul Oliver. His books include Houses in Motion: The Genesis, History and Development of the Portable Building, Portable Architecture, FTL: Softness Movement and Light and he is editor of Transportable Environments. His most recent book, Spirit of the Machine, examines the influence of tectonics on the generation of architectural form. Professor Kronenburg is a past Fulbright fellow and in 1998 received a visiting fellowship at St.Johns College, Oxford University. His research work has received support from the Building Centre Trust, London and the Graham Foundation, Chicago and in September 2001 he took up a Leverhulme Trust fellowship to pursue research at Kyoto University, Japan. He has been a guest lecturer at universities in Europe, the Far East and the USA and contributed to a range of programmes for BBC Radio. In 1998, he was curator of the major exhibition Portable Architecture held at the Royal Institute of British Architects architecture centre and the touring exhibition Spontaneous Construction. He is curatorial advisor on the Vitra Design Museum's exhibition Living in Motion which opened in Germany in May 2002 tours Europe until 2004.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Architectural Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0750623888
• ISBN 13: 9780750623889
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 160
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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