Since the Second World War, rapid developments in the economy, family structure, technology, employment, and lifestyle have transformed the home. Avi Friedman and David Krawitz guide the reader through the trends and changes, many of them ill-conceived and wasteful, that have influenced residential design and construction over the last fifty years.
Offering pragmatic suggestions for many problems, including the damages caused by suburban sprawl, the limits of standard single-family dwellings, and the widening gap between rich and poor, Peeking Through the Keyhole unravels the effects of technology and consumerism on the way we perceive and use domestic space.
Price: $32.95
Pages: 200
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press
Publication Date:
12 April 2005
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780773529342
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
ARCHITECTURE / General, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Residential, HISTORY / Canada / General
"Informative and entertaining. Organizing a view of the evolution of the home through elements of the human condition that we all have to deal with is a clever way of packaging a lot of practical information." Kieran M. Bonner, Academic Dean and Professor of Sociology, St Jerome's University in the University of Waterloo, and author of A Great Place to Raise Kids. Interpretation, Science and The Urban-Rural Debate "Interesting and convincing. The authors are willing to make moral and political judgements of the trends and options being discussed, and this is one of the book's strengths." Will Straw, Art History and Communication Studies, McGill University
Avi Friedman is associate professor and director, Affordable Homes Program, McGill University. He is the recipient of the United Nations World Habitat Award, the Creative Achievement Award (Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture), and the Prix
