The Modern City Revisited

ISBN-13: 9780419256403 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 272 str.

Thomas Deckker

Opis

This collection of essays seeks to define the complex issues underlying the modernist approach to urban planning. The contributors - all architects and architectural historians with a specialism in a particular area of modern planning - describe and evaluate urban developments from Europe to South America, which arose from the planning theories of architects of the modern movement. This publication should be of interest to architects, planners, and all those with a specific interest in modernism and modern planning.

Recenzje

'The diversity inherent in such a collection is positive especially if the reader views the works as a spring board for further research rather than a definitive review of each subject. Deckker has successfully tied together a series of disparate and sometimes opposing texts into one useful and enjoyable book to read.' - Urban Design

'This edited volume represents an examination and re-evaluation of a varied selection of concepts and constructions of twentieth-century urbanism ... the book yields many nuggets of knowledge and insight which expand comprehension of the modern city. - Built Environment

Spis treści

Foreword: The City after Now. Introduction: The Modern City Revisited. Part 1: Alternative Visions. Part 2: Vision vs. Reality. Part 3: The Decline of Modernism. Afterword: The Modern city Revisited - Envoi.

O autorze

Thomas Deckker