Institution and Home

Institution and Home Architecture as a Cultural Medium - Transformations

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Publisher's Synopsis

Institution and Home explores the concepts of institutionality and home, and compares various institutional and home environments and identifies the attitudes and behaviors associated with diverse housing settings and the design elements that generate and express them. It explains the reasons why we fear living in institutional settings, for example showing how institutional environments can contribute to a loss of autonomy.

Book information

ISBN: 9789085940074
Publisher: Island Press
Imprint: Techne Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 720.103
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 268
Weight: 1211g
Height: 260mm
Width: 220mm
Spine width: 17mm