Title & Author:

Anywise / edited by Cynthia C. Davidson.

Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Anyone Corporation ; Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1996.

Description:

252 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Notes:
"Anywise is the fifth in a series of 11 planned volumes documenting the annual international, cross-disciplinary conferences being sponsored by Anyone Corporation to investigate the condition of architecture at the end of the millennium"--Page [5] following title page.
Includes bibliographical references.
Haishi Jimua / Akira Asada, Arata Isozaki -- City theory in Jacobs and Heidegger / Fredric Jameson -- Outside architecture / Masao Miyoshi -- Eleven points on knowledge and wisdom / Peter Eisenman -- Responsibility / Kenjiro Okazaki -- Energy, environment, heritage : the need for a paradigm shift / Tao Ho -- Contagion / Sandra Buckley -- Form and field / Greg Lynn -- The Insadong District in Seoul : an urban design proposal / Jong Soung Kimm -- Architecture and earthquakes / Kojin Karatani -- Reconfiguring centrality / Saskia Sassen -- Symbiosis, coexistence, and prosperity / Sang Hae Lee -- Urban superimposition : the city of Marseilles / Ignasi de Solà-Morales -- Fishing in troubled waters / Rem Koolhaas -- Fuzzy vision of a new urbanism / William Lim -- BEijING 'n SeOUL / Jeffrey Kipnis -- The challenges of growth : five new towns / Gun Young Lee -- Continuity and transformation / Nak-chung Paik -- The future of cities in Confucian states / Sung-Woong Hong -- Seoul : blueprint for the 21st century / Seung-Joong Yoon -- Seoul : an architect's challenge / Seok Chul Kim -- On architects, bees, and possible urban worlds / David Harvey -- City of any / Henry N. Cobb.
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Includes two chapters translated from Japanese.

Summary:

Struggling under local pressures and the rapid expansion of global economies, Asian cities are experiencing phenomenal growth that is putting increasing demands on architecture. This collection of essays considers related issues such as the shifting emphasis from quantity to quality in modern Asia.

ISBN:

0262540827 (pbk.)
9780262540827 (pbk.)

Subject:

City planning History 20th century.
New towns History 20th century.
Architecture and society History 20th century.
City planning History 20th century Congresses.
New towns 20th century History Congresses.
Architecture and society History 20th century Congresses.
Urbanisme Histoire 20e siècle Congrès.
Villes nouvelles 20e siècle Histoire Congrès.
Architecture et société Histoire 20e siècle Congrès.
Villes nouvelles Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture et société Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture and society
City planning
New towns
Architectuurtheorieën.
Stedenbouw.
Design urbain 20e siècle.
Villes nouvelles 20e siècle.
Architecture Aspect social 20e siècle.
Aménagement du territoire 20e siècle.
Urbanisme Séoul (Corée S.)
Cities Environment planning
Asia

Form/genre:

Conference papers and proceedings
History

Added entries:

Davidson, Cynthia C.
Anyone Corporation.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 114710
Call No.: ID:96-B2618
Status: Available