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Assembly by design : the United Nations and its global interior
- Title
- Assembly by design : the United Nations and its global interior / Olga Touloumi.
- Author
- Touloumi, Olga
- Publication
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2024]
- ©2024
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- Series Statement
- Buell Center books in the history and theory of American architecture
- Uniform Title
- Buell Center books in the history and theory of American architecture.
- Subject
- United Nations > Buildings
- United Nations > Headquarters
- Public architecture > New York (State) > New York
- Public architecture > Political aspects
- Architecture > Aesthetics
- Architecture and globalization
- United Nations
- Buildings
- Armed Forces > Headquarters
- Public architecture
- Architecture > Aesthetics
- Architecture
- Architecture and globalization
- New York (State) > New York
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local note
- AUTH: BARD COLLEGE.
- Call Number
- JQF 25-1200
- ISBN
- 1517913322
- 9781517913328
- 1517913330
- 9781517913335
- OCLC
- 1404819733
- Author
- Touloumi, Olga, author. Author
- Title
- Assembly by design : the United Nations and its global interior / Olga Touloumi.
- Publisher
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2024]
- Copyright Date
- ©2024
- Description
- x, 294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, plates ; 26 cm.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Buell Center books in the history and theory of American architectureBuell Center books in the history and theory of American architecture.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Summary
- Assembly by Design shows how the creation of the iconic United Nation (UN) headquarters in New York City introduced a new type of public space: the global interior. With its media infrastructure, symbols, acoustic design, and architecture, the global interior defined political assembly both inside and outside the UN headquarters, serving as the architectural medium to organize multilateral encounters around the globe as the United States moved to the forefront of international politics. Olga Touloumi offers new information about the political and aesthetic decisions that turned the UN headquarters into a communications organism, looking back at a moment when politicians, architects, and diplomats--believing that assembly was a matter of design--worded together to deliver platforms for global democracy and governance. From back cover.
- Local Note
- AUTH: BARD COLLEGE.
- Research Call Number
- JQF 25-1200