Format:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 300 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0691129576
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1282157930
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1400827582
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9780691129570
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9781282157934
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9781400827589
Content:
Modernism in architecture and urban design has failed the American city. This is the decisive conclusion that renowned public intellectual Nathan Glazer has drawn from two decades of writing and thinking about what this architectural movement will bequeath to future generations. In From a Cause to a Style, he proclaims his disappointment with modernism and its impact on the American city. Writing in the tradition of legendary American architectural critics Lewis Mumford and Jane Jacobs, Glazer contends that modernism, this new urban form that signaled not just a radical revolution in style but
Content:
Building for the public : what has gone wrong? -- The prince, the people, and the architects -- "Subverting the context" : Olmsted's parks and Serra's sculpture -- Monuments in an age without heroes -- Modernism and classicism on the National Mall -- Daniel P. Moynihan and federal architecture -- What happened in East Harlem -- Amenity in New York City -- Planning for New York City : is it possible? -- What has happened to the city planner? -- The social agenda of architecture
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780691129570
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0691129576
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Glazer, Nathan From a cause to a style Princeton, N.J : Princeton University Press, ©2007
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English
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