Boundaries of the city : the architecture of western urbanism /

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"In this study Alan Waterhouse draws on anthropology, social and cultural history, literature, and philosophy to reach an understanding of the roots of western architecture and city building. He explores the illusion that cities are constructed to impose rational order, an order articulated thr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Waterhouse, Alan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto, Ontario : University of Toronto, 1993.
Temas:
Urbanization > Europe > History.
Architecture > Europe > History.
City planning > Europe > History.
Urbanisme > Europe > Histoire.
Architecture > Europe > Histoire.
Urbanisation > Europe > Histoire.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Public, Commercial & Industrial.
Architecture.
City planning.
Urbanization.
Stedenbouw.
Stadsplanning.
planification urbaine > Europe > origines > 20e s.
architecture > Europe > origines > 20e s.
urbanisation > Europe > origines > 20e s.
Europe.
Architecture
Europe
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • PART ONE: Elements of the Boundary Idea
  • 1 Expressive Meanings, Ancient and Modern
  • 2 The Narrative of Boundary Architecture
  • 3 Self-Interest and Reciprocity.
  • PART TWO: Urban Boundaries in Practice. 4 Cities in a God-Filled Landscape
  • 5 Dividing the Urban Realm
  • 6 Intensity, Insularity, and Communitas
  • 7 The Subversion of Everyday Life
  • 8 Urban Boundaries in Turmoil
  • 9 The Dissolving Boundaries of Modernism
  • 10 Retreat from a Magic Landscape.

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