Vertigo : the strange new world of the contemporary city / edited by Rowan Moore ; with a foreword by Jacques Herzog ; essays by Aaron Betsky [and others].

Title & Author:

Vertigo : the strange new world of the contemporary city / edited by Rowan Moore ; with a foreword by Jacques Herzog ; essays by Aaron Betsky [and others].

Publication:

London : Laurence King in association with Glasgow 1999, 1999.

Description:

208 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 29 cm

Notes:
Published to accompany an exhibition.
Includes index.
Foreword : Thoughts on the exhibition 'Vertigo' / Jacques Herzog -- Introduction : Vertigo : the strange new world of the contemporary city / Rowan Moore -- Culture : The Tate Gallery of Modern Art, London : cool energy art experience / Raymund Ryan -- Politics : Berlin 1999 : Phantoms and formulae / Brian Hatton -- Hub space : Hong Kong : Chek Lap Kok : the airport as saviour of the city / Martin Pawley -- Public space : Yokohama International Port Terminal : ship of state / Irénée Scalbert -- Private housing : Lake Las Vegas resort : just add water / Paul Davies -- Public housing : Gifu housing, Japan : reversed planning through gender / Akira Suzuki -- Money : Shanghai World Financial Center : love and rockets in the spree economy / Aaron Tan & Louise Low -- Spectacle : the Millennium experience, London : a dome -- yet different / Deyan Sudjic -- Nature : Landschaftspark, Duisburg-Nord : the rust belt blooms / Stefan Leppert -- Shopping : Ontario Mills, California : castle of consumption in the empire of signs / Aaron Betsky.
Also issued online.

Summary:

This book interprets the ideologies of the contemporary city, and opens up a startlingly rich arena for a discussion that vertiginously springboards beyond architecture into popular culture, city planning, the environment, economics and politics.

ISBN:

1856691535
9781856691536

Subject:

Public architecture Exhibitions.
Architecture, Modern 20th century Exhibitions.
Urban landscape architecture Exhibitions.
Architecture publique Expositions.
Paysage urbain Expositions.
Architecture 20e siècle Expositions.
Urban landscape architecture
Architecture, Modern
Public architecture
Städtebau
Stadtplanung
Architektur
Stedenbouw.
Bouwkunst.
Architecture
20th century

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition catalogs.

Added entries:

Moore, Rowan.
Vertigo (Exhibition) (1999 : Glasgow, Scotland)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 214937
Call No.: NA9016.G72 G5 1999
Status: Available

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