Urban forms : death and life of the urban block /

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This popular and influential work, translated here into English for the first time, argues that modern urbanism has upset the morphology of cities, abolished their streets and isolated their buildings. In tracing the stages of this transformation, this book presents the view that the urban tissue, t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Panerai, Philippe
Other Authors: Castex, Jean, Depaule, Jean-Charles, Samuels, Ivor
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: Oxford [England] ; Boston : Architectural Press, 2004.
Subjects:
1800-1999
City planning > Europe > History > 19th century.
City planning > Europe > History > 20th century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
ARCHITECTURE > Urban & Land Use Planning.
City planning
Europe
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Haussmannien Paris, 1853-82
  • London : the garden cities, 1905-25
  • The extension of Amsterdam, 1913-34
  • The new Frankfurt and Ernst May, 1925-30
  • Le Corbusier and the cité radieuse
  • The metamorphosis of the block and the practice of space
  • The development and diffusion of architectural models
  • Building the city, 1975-95
  • An Anglo-American postscript.

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