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Clone City: Crisis and Renewal in Contemporary Scottish Architecture (Paperback)

by Miles Glendinning (Editor), David Page (Editor)

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Paperback: 248 pages
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press (10 Jun 2002)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0748662553
ISBN-13: 978-0748662555
Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 826,172 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Clone City brings architecture, for the first time, into the mainstream of debates about Scottish cultural identity. It analyses polemically the ways in which contemporary market-led globalisation has fragmented and debased the Scottish urban environment. It examines the pointers to possible solutions provided by history, and especially by the lessons of the 20th-century Modern Movement. Building on these examples, it sketches out ways in which a more socially organic and place-specific architecture can be reconciled with modernity's pressure of freedom and individuality and it shows how that process can actively help in the building of a Scottish identity under home rule. * Integrates architecture and the built environment into mainstreamScottish cultural identity debates; introduces architectural issues to the wider Scottish public * The first book to set out a critical, polemical position on Scottish architecture * Sets contemporary Scottish architecture and city planning issues in a comprehensive historical context * Examines the relevance of the ideas of Patrick Geddes to the contemporary Scottish city

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David Page is an Architect and Urbanist commentator

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4.0 out of 5 stars A must for all Scottish Design Students, 1 April 2003

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For students reading Architecture or related subjects to Urban Design in Scotland, this book is a must. For other readers it will give a fascinating insight into the current state of architecture within the boundaries of Scotland. Miles Glendinning is an emminent writer and historian and David Page is a founding partner of Page and Park Architects in Glasgow. This unusual combination of professions has lead to a book that paints a stark picture of Scottish Architecture in its current condition and then formulates solutions to the problems. I found the script hard reading in places but overall this book was undoubtedly informative and entertaining. The format with carefully interspersed pictures displaying both the good and bad areas of design in the region is excellent.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Clone City, 24 Mar 2009

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Watch the modernists regroup after the failures of the 1970's.
This is little more than justification of brutalist architecture, but if you need to brush up on your jargon this is the book for you.

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