01916 a2200265 4500 OSt 20180116192352.0 120605t xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 0470699558 (paperback) 9780470699553 (paperback) 0 729 Architectures of the near future : architectural design / Nic Clear. 1st ed. London : Wiley, 2009. 136 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. In this highly pertinent issue, guest-editor Nic Clear questions received notions of the future. Are the accepted norms of economic growth and expansion the only means by which society can develop and prosper? Should the current economic crisis be making us call into question a future of unlimited growth? Can this moment of crisis – economic, environmental and technological – enable us to make more informed choices about the type of future that we want and can actually achieve? Architectures of the Near Future offers a series of alternative voices, developing some of the neglected areas of contemporary urban life and original visions of what might be to come. Rather than providing simplistic and seductive images of an intangible shiny future, it rocks the cosy world of architecture with polemical blasts. Draws on topics as diverse as synthetic space, psychoanalysis, Postmodern geography, post-economics, cybernetics and developments in neurology. Includes an exploration of the work of JG Ballard. Features the work of Ben Nichols Architectural design 3837 Interior architecture 3838 Decoration architecture 3839 Clear, N 3840 Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0470699558/chopaconline SADA BK 729 ARC 2009 ddc 352973 352973 0 0 ddc 0 0 SADA SADA 2011-05-23 9 2 729 ARC 2009 SADA0001087 2015-04-20 2015-03-30 3653.00 2011-08-05 BK BOOK