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082	0	0	_a720.103 R67 2022 _223/eng/20220412
100	1		_aRoss, Liam, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aPyrotechnic cities : _barchitecture, fire-safety and standardisation / _cLiam Ross.
263			_a2206
264		1	_aAbingdon, Oxon : _bRoutledge, _c2022.
300			_a228 pages 24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aRoutledge research in architecture
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: Gathering around fire -- Context: Studying standardisation -- Edinburgh: The shape of the British National Anthem -- Lagos: The flight of a muzzle spark -- Tokyo: Spectres of Edo castle -- London: Engineering uncertainty -- Grenfell: Trial by fire -- Conclusion: Fire-space.
520			_a"This book explores the relationship between architecture, government and fire. It posits that, through the question of fire-safety standardisation, building design comes to be both a problem for, and a tool of, government. Through a close study of fire-safety standards it demonstrates the shaping effect that architecture and the city have on the way we think about governing. Opening with an investigation into the Grenfell Tower fire and the political actors who sought to enrol it in programmes of governmental reform, contextualising the research in current literature, the book takes four city studies, each beginning with a specific historic fire: The 1654 Great Fire of Meirecki, Edo; the 1877 town fire of Lagos; the 1911 Empire Palace Theatre fire, Edinburgh; and the 2001 World Trade Centre attack, New York. Each study identifies the governmental response to the fire, safety standards and codes designed in its wake and how these new processes spread and change. Drawing on the work of sociologists John Law and Anne Marie Mol and their concept of 'Fire Space', it describes the way that architectural design, through the medium of fire, is an instrument of political agency. Pyrotechnic Cities is a critical investigation into these political implications, written for academics, researchers and students in architectural history and theory, infrastructure studies and governance"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aArchitecture and state.
650		0	_aFire prevention _xStandards.
650		0	_aArchitecture and society.
650		0	_aFires.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aRoss, Liam. _tPyrotechnic cities _dAbingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2022 _z9781003026297 _w(DLC) 2021055977
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