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.
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