Description
Edited by Peggy Deamer
Architecture and Capitalism tells a story of the relationship between the economy and architectural design. Eleven historians each discuss a specifif time period, examining the cultural and economic issues that influenced architects and their practice. Beginning in the mid-nineteenth century and continuing up until the present day, a variety of case studies provide an insight how architects dealt with the economic conditions of their time.
With new essays by Pier Vittorio Aureli, Ellen Dunham-Jones, Keller Easterling, Lauren Kogod, Robert Hewison, Joanna Merwood-Salisbury, Robin Schuldenfrei, Deborah Gans, Simon Sadler, Nathan Rich, and Micahel Sorkin.
