Interior Urbanism: Architecture, John Portman and Downtown America

by Charles Rice

Book Overview

Vast interior spaces have become ubiquitous in the contemporary city. The soaring atriums and concourses of mega-hotels, shopping malls and transport interchanges define an increasingly normal experience of being 'inside' in a city. Yet such spaces are also subject to intense criticism and claims that they can destroy the quality of a city's authentic life 'on the outside'.

Interior Urbanism explores the roots of this contemporary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472581199
• ISBN13: 9781472581198
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 9.1"