From a Cause to a Style : Modernist Architecture's Encounter with the American City /

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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...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Glazer, Nathan
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2007.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Modernism (Aesthetics)
City planning > Social aspects.
City planning.
Architecture and society.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Essays.
ARCHITECTURE > History > General.
ARCHITECTURE > Criticism.
ARCHITECTURE > Regional.
Modernisme (Esthetique) > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Architecture et societe > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Modernism (Aesthetics) > United States > History > 20th century.
City planning > Social aspects > United States.
City planning > United States > History > 20th century.
Architecture and society > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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