Main entry:

Hilberseimer, Ludwig.

Title & Author:

Metropolisarchitecture and selected essays / Ludwig Hilberseimer ; ed. Richard Anderson.

Publication:

New York : GSAPP Books, 2012.

Description:

367 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.

Series:

Columbia University GSAPP sourcebooks ; 2

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Metropolisarchitecture. The metropolis -- Urban planning -- Residential buildings -- Commercial buildings -- High-rises -- Halls and theaters -- Transportation buildings -- Industrial buildings -- Building trades and the building industry -- Metropolisarchitecture -- Selected essays. The will to architecture -- Proposal for city-center development -- Visual documents. Metropolisarchitecture -- The will to architecture -- Proposal for city-center development.
Translated from the German, Grossstadtarchitektur with two added essays being Der Wille zur Architektur (the will of architecture) and Vorschlag zur City-Bebauung (Proposal for City-center development).

Summary:

In the 1920s, the urban theory of Ludwig Hilberseimer redefined architecture's relationship to the city. His 'Grossstadtarchitektur' is presented here for the first time in English, with two additional essays.

ISBN:

9781883584757 (paperback)
1883584752 (paperback)

Subject:

Architecture, Modern 20th century.
City planning History 20th century.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture, Modern.
City planning.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Anderson, Richard, 1980- editor, translator.
Aureli, Pier Vittorio, writer of added commentary.
Hilberseimer, Ludwig. Grossstadtarchitektur. English.
GSAPP sourcebooks ; 2.

Holdings:

Location: Library main y 282069
Call No.: BIB 219217
Status: Available