Title & Author:

Building for modern man : a symposium / edited by Thomas H. Creighton.

Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1949.

Description:

xv, 219 pages ; 23 cm

Notes:
Papers prepared in connection with Conference 5 of series 2 of the conferences that marked Princeton's Bicentennial Celebration.
Includes bibliographical references.
I. The social basis of design -- New uses : new forms / Arthur C. Holden -- Simplicity leads to good design / Carlos Contreras -- Social and visual units / William Roger Greeley -- The democratic spirit in architecture / Arthur E. Morgan -- When we know man, then we can plan / Ernest J. Kump -- The designer as a common man / Richard M. Bennett -- II. Limitations and possibilities -- Professional limitations and possibilities / John E. Burchard -- The need for research / Howard P. Vermilya -- Limitations and possibilities of building techniques / A. Gordon Lorimer -- Prefabrication : a freedom from limitations / Walter Gropius -- Machine energy : the technique of our time / Konrad Wachsmann -- The effect of finance on design / Arthur C. Holden -- Limitations of distribution / Walter Baermann -- Administrative limitations / Theodore T. McCrosky -- Who decides what is to be built / Arthur C. Holden -- Programming : a creative act / Richard J. Neutra -- III. Form -- Concepts of space and form / Ralph Walker -- Architectural form and visual sensations / Adelbert Ames, Jr. -- The importance of order in vision / Gyorgy Kepes -- Esthetics as harmonious fulfillment / Arthur C. Holden -- Voids and solids / A.M. Friend, Jr. -- Architectural values / Joseph Hudnut -- The philosophy of form / Theodore M. Greene -- Esthetic values / Sigfried Giedion -- IV. Education -- The need for explaining our aims / Kenneth Kassler -- The need for a structural vocabulary / Henry Kamphoefner -- The values of visual education / Fred N. Severud -- The cost of visual aids / Leopold Arnaud -- The need for a basic reform in architectural education / Sigfried Giedion -- V. Planning -- Three-dimensional planning / Henry S. Churchill -- The value of utopias / Talbot Hamlin -- Teamwork in planning / Frederick J. Adams -- Urban replanning / Theodore T. McCrosky -- Historical values : the forgotten criterion / Talbot Hamlin -- Decentralization / Arthur E. Morgan -- Planning and the individual / Louis Justement -- Creating a desire for planning / Walter T. Rolfe -- Democratic planning / Roland A. Wank -- VI. Space use -- The building in relation to larger space / Robert B. O'Connor -- Flowing space : the concept of our time / George Howe -- In search of a common denominator / Walter Gropius -- The need for change / William W. Wurster -- VII. Inspiration and pragmatism -- Education, individualism, and architecture / Frank Lloyd Wright -- Public and private initiative / Robert Moses -- The mole and the skylark / Frank Lloyd Wright -- VIII. Impressions and conclusions -- Industrialization : servant or master? / Talbot Hamlin -- Attitudes towards architecture / Wells I. Bennett -- Space, time, and people / Henry S. Churchill -- Contacts produce ideas / Arthur C. Holden.

Subject:

Architecture.
City planning.
architecture (discipline)
Architektur
Stadtplanung
Architecture Composition, proportions, etc.
Cities and towns Planning 1945-
Architecture Addresses, essays, lectures
architectuur
theorie
theory
esthetische waarde
aesthetic value
plattelandskern
rural settlement
stedelijke planning
urban planning
steden
towns
dorpen
villages
Architecture (General)
Architectuur (algemeen)

Form/genre:

Conference proceedings.

Added entries:

Creighton, Thomas H. (Thomas Hawk), 1904-1984.
Princeton University.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 126450
Call No.: 1907; ID:85-B21974
Status: Available

Location: Library main 126451
Call No.: W12862; ID:85-B21974
Status: Available