Riverine: Architecture and Rivers

By: Gerald Adler and Manolo Guerci

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Synopsis: Riverscapes are the main arteries of the world’s largest cities, and have, for millennia, been the lifeblood of the urban communities that have developed around them. These human settlements – given life through the space of the local waterscape – soon developed into ritualised spaces that sought to harness the dynamism of the watercourse and create the local architectural landscape. Theorised via a sophisticated understanding of history, space, culture, and ecology, this collection of wonderful and deliberately wide-ranging case studies, from Early Modern Italy to the contemporary Bengal Delta, investigates the culture of human interaction with rivers and the nature of urban topography. Riverine explores the ways in which architecture and urban planning have imbued cultural landscapes with ritual and structural meaning.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781134811533
Related ISBNs:: 9781315545622, 9781138681750, 9781138681750, 9781138681781, 9781138681781
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 06/09/19
Copyrighted By:: selection and editorial matter, Gerald Adler and Manolo Guerci
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Home and Garden, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.