Title & Author:

Lucius Burckhardt writings : rethinking manmade environments : politics, landscapes & design / Jesko Fezer, Martin Schmitz (eds.).

Publication:

Vienna ; New York : SpringerWienNewYork, c2012.

Description:

288 p. : ill., ports. ; 19 cm.

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface : the work of Lucius Burckhardt -- Urban planning and democracy (1957) -- Ulm anno 5 : the curriculum of the Ulm School of Design (1960) -- Building : a process with no obligations to heritage preservation (1967) -- On the value and meaning of urban utopias (1968) -- From design academicism to the treatment of wicked problems (1973) -- Who plans the planning? (1974) -- Family and home : two adaptable systems (1975) -- Urban design and its significance for residents (1975) -- Gardening : an art and a necessity (1977) -- Why is landscape beautiful? (1979) -- On the design of everyday life (1979) -- Design is invisible (1980) -- Dirt (1980) -- What is livability? : on the quantifiable and invisible needs (1981) -- The night is man-made (1982) -- Architecture : an art or a science? (1983) -- A critique of the art of gardening (1983) -- Fake : the real thing (1987) -- Aesthetics and ecology (1990) -- A walk in second nature (1992) -- The sermon (1994) -- Strollological observations on perception of the environment and the tasks facing our generation (1996) -- Wasteland as context : is there any such thing as the postmodern landscape (1998) -- On movement and vantage points : the strollologist's experience (1999).

ISBN:

9783709112564
3709112567
9783709112571 (electronic bk.)
3709112575 (electronic bk.)

Subject:

Urban ecology (Sociology)
City planning Environmental aspects.
Écologie urbaine.
urban environments.

Form/genre:

Writings.

Added entries:

Burckhardt, Lucius.
Fezer, Jesko, 1970-
Schmitz, Martin, 1956-

Rethinking manmade environments : politics, landscapes & design

Holdings:

Location: Library main 282764
Call No.: BIB 220517
Status: Available