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Modernism's visible hand : architecture and regulation in America /

"Drawing on a range of previously unexplored archival resources, Michael Osman examines the increasing role of environmental technologies in building design from the late nineteenth century-- from cold storage and scientific laboratories to factories. Osman broadens our conception of how indust...

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Main Authors: Osman, Michael (Author)
Published: University of Minnesota Press,
Publisher Address: Minneapolis :
Publication Dates: [2018]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Buell Center books in the history and theory of American architecture
Subjects:
Architecture and technology > United States > History
Architecture and society > United States > History
Buildings > Environmental engineering > United States > History
Technological innovations > Economic aspects > United States > History
Risk management > United States > History
Summary: "Drawing on a range of previously unexplored archival resources, Michael Osman examines the increasing role of environmental technologies in building design from the late nineteenth century-- from cold storage and scientific laboratories to factories. Osman broadens our conception of how industrial capitalism shaped the built environment as well as the role of design in dealing with ecological crises today"--
Carrier Form: xxiv, 248 pages : illustrations, plans ; 23 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781517900984 (paperback) :
1517900980 (paperback)
Index Number: NA2543
CLC: TU-097.12
Call Number: TU-097.12/O831
Contents: The thermostatic interior and household management -- Cold storage and the speculative market of preserved assets -- Representing regulation in nature's economy -- Imaging brainwork -- Regulation through paperwork in architectural practice.

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