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A detailed and innovative re-assessment of the work of three architects (Le Corbusier, Louis I Kahn and Aldo van Eyck) who sought to represent a utopian content in their work.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:	Libro Electrónico
Autor principal:	Coleman, Nathaniel
Formato:	Electrónico eBook
Idioma:	Inglés
Publicado:	Abingdon [England] ; New York : Routledge, 2005.
Temas:	Visionary architecture. Utopias. Architecture > Philosophy. Utopias Architecture visionnaire. Utopies. Architecture > Philosophie. visionary architecture. utopian literature. utopias. architectural theory. ARCHITECTURE > Urban & Land Use Planning. Architecture > Philosophy Visionary architecture
Acceso en línea:	Texto completo

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Introduction : utopias and architectures?
Conceptualizing utopias
Architecture and orientation
Situating utopias
Real fictions
Varieties of architectural utopias
Post war possibilities
Optimistic architectures
Le Corbusier's monastic ideal
The life within
Fairy tales and golden dust
Kahn and Salk's challenge to dualistic thinking
Aldo van Eyck's utopian discipline
Story of another idea
The unthinkability of utopia
Into the present.