Environmental Design: Architecture, Politics, and Science in Postwar America
(Part of the Midcentury: Architecture, Landscape, Urbanism, and Design Series)
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Much of twentieth-century design was animated by the creative tension of its essential duality: is design an art or a science? In the postwar era, American architects sought to calibrate architectural practice to evolving scientific knowledge about humans and environments, thus elevating the discipline's stature and enmeshing their work in a progressive restructuring of society. This political and scientific effort was called "environmental design,"...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0813947553
ISBN13:9780813947556
Release Date:September 2021
Publisher:University of Virginia Press
Length:240 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 7.7" x 8.1"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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