Sport and architecture / Benjamin S. Flowers
- 作者： Flowers, Benjamin Sitton
- 出版： London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group c2017
- 叢書名： Frontiers of sport ;3
- 主題： Stadiums--Design and construction , Stadiums--Economic aspects , Stadiums--Social aspects , Sports and society , Architecture and society
- ISBN： 9780415743662 (hbk.) :: US$151.02
- 一般註：Includes bibliographical references and index
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- 系統號： 005243011 | 機讀編目格式
館藏資訊
Sport and architecture are two elements of contemporary life that have a broad and profound impact on the world around us. The role architecture plays in shaping buildings and societies has occupied historians for centuries. Likewise the cultural, economic, and political importance of sport is the subject of sustained academic inquiry. When sport and architecture converge, as in the 2012 London Olympics or the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, then the impact of these two forms of social activity is redoubled. This book presents a new and dynamic study of the complex relationship between sport and architecture. It explores the history of sport architecture and examines the buildings and events that create sites where sport and architecture converge in particularly telling ways. Its nine chapters discuss the following topics: sport architecture and urban redevelopment sport architecture and technology sport architecture and nationalism sport architecture as social activism sport architecture and global capitalism. By considering the importance of architectural form alongside these key themes, this book represents a landmark study for anybody interested in the social and cultural significance of architecture or sport.