Main entry:

Hegemann, Werner, 1881-1936.

Title & Author:

The American Vitruvius : an architects' handbook of civic art / by Werner Hegemann and Elbert Peets ; edited with an introduction by Alan J. Plattus ; preface by Leon Krier ; and introductory essay by Christiane Crasemann Collins.

Publication:

New York : Princeton Architectural Press, ©1988.

Description:

xxii, 298 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm

Notes:
Reprint, with new prefatory matter. Originally published: New York : Architectural Book Pub. Co., 1922.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (page 294) and index.
Preface / Leon Krier -- The American Vitruvius and the American tradition of civic art / Alan J. Plattus -- Hegemann and Peets: cartographers of an imaginary atlas / Christiane Crasemann Collins -- Foreword -- Introduction -- The modern revival of civic art -- Plaza and court design in Europe -- The grouping of buildings in America -- Architectural street design -- Garden art as civic art -- City plans as unified designs -- The plan of Washington -- List of books used as sources -- Index.

Summary:

"American Vitruvius: an Architects' Handbook of Civic Art. At the end of the second decade of this [the twentieth] century, Werner Hegemann, a German-born urban planning theorist and practitioner, and Elbert Peets, a young American recently graduated from Harvard University's School of Landscape Architecture, joined together in Wisconsin in a professional partnership. The association of these two students of American urbanism culminated in 1922 with The American Vitruvius: an Architects' Handbook of Civic Art, a critical text that played an essential role in the definition and promotion of modern American city planning. American Vitruvius offers the reader an atlas of design solutions and advocates a humanistic, as well as rational, development of the urban environment. Princeton Architectural Press has reprinted the entire original text including the book's 1203 plates. These illustrations consist of plans, elevations, and perspective views of both European and American cities, spanning in date from the Renaissance to the twentieth century. The republication of this volume suggests the relevance of Hegemann and Peets' approach for contemporary city planning. Today, in the midst of an era responding to the de-humanization of the city, American Vitruvius offers a reconciliation of artistic aspects of civic art with scientific theory of city planning -- the authors insist upon a city that allows its residents both pleasure and freedom of expression"--Front flap.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0910413355 (alk. paper)
9780910413350 (alk. paper)
3528087404
9783528087401

Subject:

Art, Municipal.
City planning.
City Planning
Art urbain.
Design urbain.
Urbanisme.
urban design.
urban planning.
Politique urbaine.
Villes Recherche.
Sol, Utilisation urbaine du.
Geschichte 1420-1920

Added entries:

Peets, Elbert, 1886-1968.
Plattus, Alan J.
Civic art.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 44169
Call No.: ID:89-B3767
Status: Available