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Home Exporting American Architecture Add to Wish List. Toggle navigation Additional Book Information. Features Provides a critical assessment of the impact of American culture upon world urban development.
Based on unique and extensive cross-cultural research. Uses previously unpublished examples.
Summary The export of American architecture began in the nineteenth century as a disjointed set of personal adventures and commercial initiatives. It continues today alongside the transfer of other aspects of American life and culture to most regions of the world.
Jeffrey Cody explains how, why and where American architects, planners, building contractors and other actors have marketed American architecture overseas. In so doing he provides a historical perspective on the diffusion of American building technologies, architectural standards, construction methods and planning paradigms.
The specific requirements or preferences of your reviewing publisher, classroom teacher, institution or organization should be applied. In so doing he provides a historical perspective on the diffusion of American building technologies, architectural standards, construction methods and planning paradigms. Shifting Geographies of Focus. Divided into four parts: Edited by Howayda Al-Harithy. The authors describe how the high-rise intensity of Hong Kong came about; how the… Paperback — Routledge Planning, History and Environment Series.
Using previously undocumented examples and illustrations, he shows how steel-frame manufacturers shipped their products abroad enabling the erection of American-style skyscrapers worldwide by and how this phase was followed by similar initiatives by companies manufacturing concrete components. Table of Contents Introduction 1.
Exporting Steel-framed Skeletons of American Modernity 2. From the Steel Frame to Concrete: Foundations for a System of Contracting Abroad, c. The export of American architecture began in the nineteenth century as a disjointed set of personal adventures and commercial initiatives.
Jeffrey Cody explains how, why and where American architects, planners, building contractors and other actors have marketed American architecture overseas. In so doing he provides a historical perspective on the diffusion of American building technologies, architectural standards, construction methods and planning paradigms.
Using previously undocumented examples and illustrations, he shows how steel-frame manufacturers shipped their products abroad enabling the erection of American-style skyscrapers worldwide by and how this phase was followed by similar initiatives by companies manufacturing concrete components. Initial Catalysts for Exporting American Architecture. Steelframed American Workspaces for Export.
Confidence Commerce and Construction. Exporting American Construction and Planning to Russia.
American Building and Planning in China Architectural Tools of War and Peace American Materials Spaces and Skills to Europe Exporting American Architecture to the Far East Primary Genes comprising an Initial Exporting Code. Concrete Components of Architectural Innovation c The Panama Canal as a Concrete Enterprise Kahn becomes a Popular Concrete System for Export c Federations of Contractors and their Challenges to Rationalize.
Julius Kleins Four Key Questions.