Architecture as a global system : scavengers, tribes, warlords and megafirms

• Main Author: Raisbeck, Peter (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019.
• Subjects: Architecture and globalization.; Architecture > General.; Theory of architecture.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781838676575; 9781838676551
• DOI: 10.1108/9781838676551
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 143 pages)

Since the 1980s the architectural profession across the world has been driven by globalisation. The factors shaping this globalisation include neo-liberal economics, digital transformation and the rise of social media against the background of the profession's entrenched labour practices. In de...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Architecture as a global system: an introduction
• Chapter 2. Scavengers
• Chapter 3. Tribes
• Chapter 4. Warlords
• Chapter 5. Megafirms
• Chapter 6. The Global system in crisis.