An Architecture of Parts. Architects, building workers and industrialisation in Britain, 1940-1970

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Scholarly work dealing with the social context of the relationship between architecture and construction, notably the erosion of the 'elusive and tenuous' link between building and design and the associated changes in education, training and employment. Chapters include: 'Industrialisation and the British building industry - the industrialization of building'; 'The building Industry during war and reconstruction'; 'Education and training'; 'Postwar change - management and organization'; 'Architectural abstraction - the role of The Modular Society in promoting industrialized methods'; ''Additive architecture' - the early years of modular co-ordination'; 'The BRS and the mathematization of architectural modularity'; ''Never argue with the architect' - architects and building workers 1940-70'; ''Put nobody between the architect and the men' - the role of architects on site'; 'The nature of work in the construction industry'; 'Elusive connections - architects and building workers in mid-century Britain'