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Charles Rice

Atrium

Charles Rice

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English
MIT Press
07 November 2023
Architecture; Theory of architecture
How the rise of the large-scale atrium space in the 1970s and '80s changed the way buildings could be designed, constructed, regulated, and occupied.

How the rise of the large-scale atrium space in the 1970s and '80s changed the way buildings could be designed, constructed, regulated, and occupied.

In the 1970s, a void opened at the heart of architecture. In hotels, offices, public buildings, and commercial centers, the atrium emerged globally to challenge the modernist legacies of form and function, altering the pattern and experience of cities. While often appearing at vast scale and to striking effect, the atrium also became omnipresent and mundane. In this lively critique, Charles Rice charts the atrium's appearance in the 1970s and its development through the 1980s, as it accompanied profound shifts in the discipline and practice of architecture.

During this period, architectural practice especially in the United States and United Kingdom was changing rapidly, due in part to the manifold effects of deregulation. All aspects of the way buildings were designed, developed, regulated, built, managed, and occupied were being reshaped. A practice guided by the progressive tenets of modernism was being turned into a professional service fully integrated within neoliberal social and economic imperatives. As Rice shows, the atrium gives this story a distinct spatial and material figure, one that offers an inside view of architecture in transformation.
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Imprint:   MIT Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 236mm,  Width: 186mm,  Spine: 17mm
Weight:   652g
ISBN:   9780262048330
ISBN 10:   0262048337
Pages:   216
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Charles Rice is Professor of Architecture at the University of Technology Sydney. He is author of The Emergence of the Interior- Architecture, Modernity, Domesticity and Interior Urbanism- Architecture, John Portman and Downtown America.

Reviews for Atrium

“Despite being a brisk read, the volume Rice has produced fills the void, so to speak. Atrium brims with architectural episodes that deftly balance lofty ideas with technical, nitty-gritty nuance.” —Architectural Record


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