William M Taylor
Biographic Data
| ID | 1620051 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William M Taylor |
| GIVEN NAMES | William M |
| FAMILY NAME | Taylor |
| SIGNATURE | TAYLOR W M |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Western Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2629-5578 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
London’s Uncertain Comforts
The phenomenon John Crowley calls the “invention” of comfort was shaped by European urbanization and demographic upheaval, namely the movements and crowding together of ever larger numbers of people into metropolitan centers in temperate regions such as London, Paris, and New York. From these centers, concentrations of scholarship, techno-scientific expertise, and capital supported colonial and commercial exploits abroad and fostered knowledge of…
Architecture and Crowd-Less Streets
Pierre Patte’s view of an idealised Parisian street, a sectional illustration in his treatise Mémoires sur les objects le plus importans de l’architecture of 1769, occupies a pivotal position in the historiography and visual representation of crowds and crowded spaces, though not a single person inhabits Patte’s imagined space. Pared down and evacuated of human presence, Patte’s section provides a visual matrix for civic order that will be invoke…
The “Katrina Effect”
On August 29th 2005, the headwaters of Hurricane Katrina’s storm-surge arrived at New Orleans, the levees broke and the city was inundated. Perhaps no other disaster of the 21st century has so captured the global media’s attention and featured in the ‘imagination of disaster’ like Katrina. The Katrina Effect charts the important ethical territory that underscores thinking about disaster and the built environment globally. Given the unfolding of r…
War remains
The Imperial (subsequently the Commonwealth) War Graves Commission (IWGC) was established in 1917 comprising member countries of the former British Empire. The organisation was charged with providing appropriate memorials to commemorate the Empire’s war dead, individually and equally, without regard for military rank, class or nationality. This was no easy task given the numbers of dead from multiple theatres of war, the variety and oftentimes co…
Investigating catastrophe
Bound by sea and pressed for time
Of the different museums commemorating Australia’s past perhaps none are more popular – or potentially problematic, philosophically, aesthetically and politically – than maritime museums. In recent years there has been considerable interest in the nation’s seafaring history, helped along by new museums established on both sides of the country. Like any museum dealing with the past, maritime museums are no less likely than others to make for anach…
Misplaced Identities
On the far southwestern coast of Australia, efforts aimed at enhancing the aesthetic appeal of Perth's most notable topographic feature, the Swan River, have coincided with growing unease over its vulnerability at a time of extensive development. It is in view of the multiple demands made upon the watercourse that this article looks at the Swan and claims for its cultural and environmental heritage. It considers how values arising from one or the…
Introduction
A Contrivance for Life’
Following the publication ofaccounts extolling the virtues ofthe Parisian cemetery of Pere La Chaise in the early 19th century, British critics ofgardens and architecture joined ranks with social reformers in calling for the establishment of new, model cemeteries on the outskirts of major cities. To the goal ofproviding a hygienic alternative to the putrefying masses growing beneath the metropolis was added an expressed desire to provide the work…
Bound by sea and pressed for time
Of the different museums commemorating Australia’s past perhaps none are more popular – or potentially problematic, philosophically, aesthetically and politically – than maritime museums. In recent years there has been considerable interest in the nation’s seafaring history, helped along by new museums established on both sides of the country. Like any museum dealing with the past, maritime museums are no less likely than others to make for anach…
A Contrivance for Life’
Following the publication ofaccounts extolling the virtues ofthe Parisian cemetery of Pere La Chaise in the early 19th century, British critics ofgardens and architecture joined ranks with social reformers in calling for the establishment of new, model cemeteries on the outskirts of major cities. To the goal ofproviding a hygienic alternative to the putrefying masses growing beneath the metropolis was added an expressed desire to provide the work…
A Contrivance for Life’
Following the publication ofaccounts extolling the virtues ofthe Parisian cemetery of Pere La Chaise in the early 19th century, British critics ofgardens and architecture joined ranks with social reformers in calling for the establishment of new, model cemeteries on the outskirts of major cities. To the goal ofproviding a hygienic alternative to the putrefying masses growing beneath the metropolis was added an expressed desire to provide the work…
Introduction
Misplaced Identities
On the far southwestern coast of Australia, efforts aimed at enhancing the aesthetic appeal of Perth's most notable topographic feature, the Swan River, have coincided with growing unease over its vulnerability at a time of extensive development. It is in view of the multiple demands made upon the watercourse that this article looks at the Swan and claims for its cultural and environmental heritage. It considers how values arising from one or the…
Bound by sea and pressed for time
Of the different museums commemorating Australia’s past perhaps none are more popular – or potentially problematic, philosophically, aesthetically and politically – than maritime museums. In recent years there has been considerable interest in the nation’s seafaring history, helped along by new museums established on both sides of the country. Like any museum dealing with the past, maritime museums are no less likely than others to make for anach…
The “Katrina Effect”
On August 29th 2005, the headwaters of Hurricane Katrina’s storm-surge arrived at New Orleans, the levees broke and the city was inundated. Perhaps no other disaster of the 21st century has so captured the global media’s attention and featured in the ‘imagination of disaster’ like Katrina. The Katrina Effect charts the important ethical territory that underscores thinking about disaster and the built environment globally. Given the unfolding of r…
War remains
The Imperial (subsequently the Commonwealth) War Graves Commission (IWGC) was established in 1917 comprising member countries of the former British Empire. The organisation was charged with providing appropriate memorials to commemorate the Empire’s war dead, individually and equally, without regard for military rank, class or nationality. This was no easy task given the numbers of dead from multiple theatres of war, the variety and oftentimes co…
Investigating catastrophe
Architecture and Crowd-Less Streets
Pierre Patte’s view of an idealised Parisian street, a sectional illustration in his treatise Mémoires sur les objects le plus importans de l’architecture of 1769, occupies a pivotal position in the historiography and visual representation of crowds and crowded spaces, though not a single person inhabits Patte’s imagined space. Pared down and evacuated of human presence, Patte’s section provides a visual matrix for civic order that will be invoke…
London’s Uncertain Comforts
The phenomenon John Crowley calls the “invention” of comfort was shaped by European urbanization and demographic upheaval, namely the movements and crowding together of ever larger numbers of people into metropolitan centers in temperate regions such as London, Paris, and New York. From these centers, concentrations of scholarship, techno-scientific expertise, and capital supported colonial and commercial exploits abroad and fostered knowledge of…
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