HIGHRISE IDEA AND REALITY

This publication shows contemporary buildings and projects in their cultural and urban-planning contexts, which, depending on whethe r they are in Europe or Asia, for instance, can be very different. The book also inquires into the lives of individuals within the l arger framework, taking a look at everyday life in the high-rise and the towering buildings as part of everyday experience. Artistic works expand the architectural horizon and question the aesthetic and ethical claims that are linked to these kinds of outstanding structure...[Llegir més]