The global architect
Subtitle: firms, fame and urban form
By: Donald McNeill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415956406; 9780415956413; 9780203894743
Subjects: Architecture and globalization; Architectural practice; Architecture and society -- History -- 20th century; Architecture and society -- History -- 21st century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The globalization of architectural practice; title: Designing at distance; title: Architectural celebrity and the cult of the individual; title: The "Bilbao effect"; title: Rem Koolhaas and the heteronomy of global capitalism; title: The geography of the skyscraper; title: The ethics of architectural practice.