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From a cause to a style : modernist architecture's encounter with the American city / Nathan Glazer.
Author
Glazer, Nathan
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2007.
Description
viii, 300 pages ; 23 cm
Availability
Available Online
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Architecture Library - Stacks
NA2543.S6 G59 2007
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Subject(s)
Architecture and society
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United States
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History
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20th century
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City planning
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United States
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History
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20th century
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City planning
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Social aspects
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United States
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Modernism (Aesthetics)
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United States
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History
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20th century
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Summary note
"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 Style, he proclaims his disappointment with modernism and its impact on the American city. Writing in the tradition of legendary American architectural critics Lewis Mumford and Jane Jacobs, Glazer contends that modernism, this new urban form that signaled not just a radical revolution in style but a social ambition to enhance the conditions under which ordinary people lived, has fallen short on all counts. The articles and essays collected here--some never published before, all updated--reflect his ideas on subjects ranging from the livable city and public housing to building design, public memorials, and the uses of public space. Glazer, an undisputed giant among public intellectuals, is perhaps best known for his writings on ethnicity and social policy, where the unflinching honesty and independence of thought that he brought to bear on tough social questions has earned him respect from both the Left and the Right. Here, he challenges us to face some difficult truths about the public places that, for better or worse, define who we are as a society."--Publisher's description.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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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ISBN
9780691129570 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
0691129576 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2006028071
OCLC
71266394
International Article Number
99816758649
Other standard number
99816320100
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