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John F. C. Turner (1927–2023)

Autor(a) de Housing by people : towards autonomy in building environments

4 Works 74 Membros 1 Review

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Obras de John F. C. Turner

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome de batismo
Turner, John Francis Charlewood
Data de nascimento
1927
Data de falecimento
2023-09-03
Sexo
male
Educação
Architectural Association, London (1954)
Ocupação
Architect
Premiações
Right Livelihood Award

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Resenhas

At times perhaps a bit Utopian, at others it gives itself away as a product of 70s urban anarchism, Turner's book makes up for this in it's enthusiasm for self-help solutions to housing problems and a fundamental belief in people's ability to successfully manage their own destinies and lives without the overbearing interventions of large, centrally managed systems. That run on sentence was just my way of gushing about the book a bit. It's always good to read something a bit anti-technocratic, a bit sardonic and nonetheless proposing some interesting and pragmatic solutions.… (mais)
 
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sherief | Apr 26, 2011 |

Estatísticas

Obras
4
Membros
74
Popularidade
#238,154
Avaliação
3.8
Resenhas
1
ISBNs
8
Idiomas
3

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