Beyond shelter : architecture for crisis / edited by Marie J. Aquilino.

Contributor(s):

Aquilino, Marie Jeannine, 1958-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Thames & Hudson, 2011.Description: 303 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cmISBN:

0500289158 (pbk.)
9780500289150 (pbk.)

Other title:

Architecture for crisis

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

720.103

Summary: Beyond Shelter features 25 generously illustrated reports from the field, written by the founders of some of the worlds most provocative architecture and engineering firms, non-profit companies and research centres, and leading charitable organizations. All of these people and institutions are on the frontline of disaster prevention and recovery, in rural and urban areas alike. Together they illustrate the reality that evolving risk requires new ways of thinking, and that architects have a leading role to play.

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Beyond Shelter features 25 generously illustrated reports from the field, written by the founders of some of the worlds most provocative architecture and engineering firms, non-profit companies and research centres, and leading charitable organizations. All of these people and institutions are on the frontline of disaster prevention and recovery, in rural and urban areas alike. Together they illustrate the reality that evolving risk requires new ways of thinking, and that architects have a leading role to play.

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