Dream cities : seven urban ideas that shape the world /

"A lively, unique, and accessible cultural history of modern cities--from suburbs, downtown districts, and exurban sprawl, to shopping malls and "sustainable" developments--that allows us to view them through the planning, design, architects, and movements that inspired, created, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Graham, Wade (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016]
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Castles : Bertram Goodhue and the romantic city
  • Monuments : Daniel Burnham and the ordered city
  • Slabs : Le Corbusier, Robert Moses, and the rational city
  • Homesteads : Frank Lloyd Wright and the anticity
  • Corals : Jane Jacobs, Andres Duany, and the self-organizing city
  • Malls : Victor Gruen, Jon Jerde, and the shopping city
  • Habitats : Kenzo Tange, Norman Foster, and the techno-ecological city.