Title & Author:

The modern city revisited / edited by Thomas Deckker.

Publication:

London ; New York : Spon Press, 2000.

Description:

xii, 258 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The symphony of the metropolis : Berlin as 'Newlin' in the twentieth century / Bernd Nicolai -- Cities of socialism : technology and ideology in the Soviet Union in the 1920s / Catherine Cooke -- Le Corbusier and the city without streets / James Dunnett -- Towards the functional city? MARS, CIAM and the London plans, 1933-42 / John Gold -- Lubetkin and Peterlee / John Allan -- QT8 : a neglected chapter in the history of modern town planning / Judi Loach -- Birmingham : building the modern city / Andrew Higgott -- Brasilia : city versus landscape / Thomas Deckker -- Post-war town planning in its mid-life crisis : dilemmas in redevelopment from a policy point of view / Rob Doctor -- Looking back on our future : conflicting visions and realities of the modern American city / Paul Adamson -- The modern city revisited -- envoi / Allen Cunningham.

Summary:

This text seeks to define the complex issues underlying the modernist approach to urban planning. It describes and evaluates urban developments from Europe to South America, which arose from the planning theories of architects of the modern movement.

Resources:
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ISBN:

0419256407 (pb)
9780419256403 (pb)

Subject:

City planning.
City Planning
Urbanisme.
Design urbain.
Architecture 20e siècle.
urban planning.
urban design.
Architekturtheorie
Stadtplanung
Städtebau
PLANEJAMENTO TERRITORIAL URBANO (ASPECTOS SOCIAIS) Século 20.
CIDADES.
ARQUITETURA MODERNA Século 20.

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.
Kongress London 1999.

Added entries:

Deckker, Thomas.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 214076
Call No.: HT166 .M6 2000
Status: Available