Architecture follows fish : an amphibious history of the North Atlantic / André Tavares.

By: Tavares, André, 1976- [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2024]Description: 277 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780262049108Subject(s): Architecture and society -- North Atlantic Region | Fisheries -- North Atlantic Ocean | Marine ecology -- North Atlantic Ocean | Vernacular architecture -- North Atlantic RegionDDC classification: 720.9182/1 LOC classification: NA2543.S6 T38 2024
Contents:
The cove and the surf -- The whale and the shore -- The harbour and the factory -- The salt and the freezer -- The lugger and the city.
Summary: "To what extent can a fish produce architecture? This book sets out to trace a socioecological history of North Atlantic architecture in relation to fisheries, thus shedding light on the connection that exists between the transformation of marine environments and terrestrial landscapes"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The cove and the surf -- The whale and the shore -- The harbour and the factory -- The salt and the freezer -- The lugger and the city.

"To what extent can a fish produce architecture? This book sets out to trace a socioecological history of North Atlantic architecture in relation to fisheries, thus shedding light on the connection that exists between the transformation of marine environments and terrestrial landscapes"-- Provided by publisher.

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