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Space & anti-space : the fabric of place, city, and architecture /

This book challenges the conventional idea of what constitutes the physical form of the contemporary city. Observing the absence of extended urban fabrics, the missing urbanism, in the new global cities developed today, it argues that these cities are merely statistical accumulations of density that...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Peterson, Steven (Author), Littenberg, Barbara (Author)
Other Authors: Dennis, Michael (author of introduction.), Barnett, Jonathan (author of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Novato, California] : Oro Editions, [2020]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Space (Architecture)
City planning.
City planning > New York (State) > New York.
City planning > France > Paris.
City planning > Italy > Rome.
Public spaces.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Place (Philosophy) in architecture.
Cities and towns > Pictorial works.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Michael Dennis
  • Foreword / Jonathan Barnett
  • Architectural and urban space
  • The urban fabric
  • Shaping places
  • Towers and texture.