Four walls and a roof (Record no. 225075)
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| fixed length control field | 02525cam a2200301 i 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 19571823 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | JGU |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20180315135034.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 170310s2017 maua b 001 0 eng c |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 2017010016 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780674976108 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | MH/DLC |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Transcribing agency | MH |
| Description conventions | rda |
| Modifying agency | DLC |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE | |
| Authentication code | pcc |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | NA1995 |
| Item number | .G69 2017 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Graaf, Reinier de |
| Dates associated with a name | 1964- |
| 9 (RLIN) | 50633 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Four walls and a roof |
| Remainder of title | the complex nature of a simple profession |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Cambridge |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Harvard University Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2017 |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Architecture, we like to believe, is an elevated art form that shapes the world as it pleases. Four Walls and a Roof challenges this notion, presenting a candid account of what it is really like to work as an architect, buffeted by external forces that make a mockery of any pretense to visionary authority. Reinier de Graaf draws on his own tragicomic experiences in the field to reveal the world of contemporary architecture in vivid snapshots. He takes us from suburban New York to the rubble of northern Iraq, from the corridors of wealth in London, Moscow, and Dubai to garbage-strewn wastelands that represent the demolished hopes of postwar social housing. We meet oligarchs determined to translate ambitions into concrete and steel, developers for whom architecture is mere investment, and the layers of politicians, bureaucrats, consultants, and mysterious hangers-on who lie between any architectural idea and the chance of its execution. He introduces us to histories of modern architecture that determine--at least as much as individual inspiration--what architects design. And he questions the hubris of those who believe they are the solution to the overwhelming problems of booming megacities. Perhaps the most important myth de Graaf debunks is success itself. To achieve anything, architects must serve the powers they strive to critique, finding themselves in a perpetual conflict of interest. Together, he shows, architects, developers, politicians, and consultants form an improvised world of conflict and compromise that none alone can control.-- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Architectural practice. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 50634 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Architecture. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 50635 |
| 906 ## - LOCAL DATA ELEMENT F, LDF (RLIN) | |
| a | 7 |
| b | cbc |
| c | orignew |
| d | 1 |
| e | ecip |
| f | 20 |
| g | y-gencatlg |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Koha item type | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | General Books | OPJGU Sonepat- Campus | OPJGU Sonepat- Campus | Main Library | 720 GR-F | 137387 | 15/03/2018 |