Title & Author:

The public face of architecture : civic culture and public spaces / edited by Nathan Glazer, Mark Lilla.

Publication:

New York : Free Press ; London : Collier Macmillan, ©1987.

Description:

xvi, 512 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / by Nathan Glazer and Mark Ulla -- Part I : Principles of public spaces. Introduction ; The Public realm : the common / Hannah Arendt ; Public space and the classical vernacular / Roger Scruton ; The public domain / Richard Sennett ; Monuments and plazas / Camillo Sitte ; The medieval town / Lewis Mumford ; The discovery of the street / J.B. Jackson ; Paris, capital of the nineteenth century / Walter Benjamin ; The uses of sidewalks : contact / Jane Jacobs -- Part II : Civic architecture. Introduction ; Forum follows function / J.B. Jackson ; A meaning for monuments / William Hubbard ; Collective significance / Moshe Safdie ; Public buildings : symbols qualified by experience / Donlyn Lyndon ; The triumph of the capitol / Michael A. Scully ; The city council chamber : from distance to intimacy / Charles T. Goodsell ; Symbolism in architecture : courtrooms / Allan Greenberg -- Part III : Open spaces. Introduction ; Public parks and the enlargement of towns / Frederick Law Olmsted ; The motive behind Olmsted's park / Roger Starr ; The American public space / J.B. Jackson ; The social life of small urban spaces / William H. Whyte ; Living with lobbies / Neil Harris ; Spaced-out at the shopping center / Neil Harris -- Part IV : Public art. Introduction ; The malignant object : thoughts on public sculpture / Douglas Stalker and Clark Glymour ; Dissent and reply ; The malignant objectors / Wolf von Eckardt ; Paradigms in public sculpture / John Beardsley ; The meaning of place / Ronald Lee Fleming ; Artists in society / Edward Levine ; A reply / Douglas Stalker and Clark Glymour ; On subway graffiti in New York / Nathan Glazer -- Part V : City and planning. Introduction ; You have to pay for the public life / Charles W. Moore ; Paris : the view from New York / Nathan Glazer ; Landmarks preservation in New York / Joseph B. Rose ; Educating architects : pedagogy and the pendulum / Robert Gutman ; The current crisis of disorder / Jaquelin Robertson -- Biographical notes.

ISBN:

0029118115
9780029118115

Subject:

Public architecture United States.
Public spaces United States.
City planning United States History 20th century.
Open spaces.
Public architecture.
Parks.
Monuments.
Art, Municipal.
City planning History.
Urbanisme États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture publique États-Unis.
Espaces verts.
Architecture publique.
Parcs.
Art urbain.
Urbanisme Histoire.
Espaces publics États-Unis.
open spaces.
monuments.
City planning
Public spaces
Stadtplanung
Städtebau
Aufsatzsammlung
United States
USA

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.
History

Added entries:

Glazer, Nathan.
Lilla, Mark.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 11866
Call No.: ID:87-B14300
Status: Available