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020 _a0750668407 (pbk.)
_c2500 Bht.
020 _a9780750668408 (pbk.)
040 _aSPU
049 _bSPU-BK
050 _aNA 2543.S6
_bC42A 2006
100 1 _aCharlesworth, Esther Ruth
_9194162
245 1 0 _aArchitects without frontiers :
_bwar, reconstruction and design responsibility /
_cEsther Charlesworth
_h[book]
260 _aAmsterdam ;
_aBoston ;
_aLondon :
_bArchitectural Press,
_c2006
300 _axii, 175 p. :
_bcol. ill. ;
_c24 cm.
449 0 _a110800
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [163]-170) and index.
505 0 _a1. From lines of contention to zones of connection -- 2. Architects and war -- 3. Archetypes -- 4. Beirut - city as heart versus city as spine -- 5. Nicosia - reconstruction as resolution -- 6. Mostar - reconstruction as reconciliation -- 7. From zones of conention to lines of connection - implications for the design profession -- 8. Architects without frontiers - implications for design education.
520 _aThis book points to the potential for archtects to play important roles in post-war relief and recontruction. The author suggests that architects and design professionals have a significant opportunity to assist peace-making and recontruction efforts in the period immediately after conflict or disaster, when much of the housing, hospital, educational, transport, civic and business infrastructure has been destroyed or badly damaged.--publisher.
650 0 _aARCHITECTURE AND SOCIETY
_939071
650 0 _aARCHITECTURE AND SOCIETY
_vCASE STUDIES
_9194163
650 0 _aPOSTWAR RECONSTRUCTION
_9194164
650 0 _aPOSTWAR RECONSTRUCTION
_vCASE STUDIES
_9194165
650 0 _aARCHITECTURE
_xPSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS
_940139
650 0 _aARCHITECTURE
_xPSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS
_vCASE STUDIES
_9194166
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998 _anok 0113
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