The Scenes of the Street and Other Essays - Anthony Vidler
KORTE INHOUD
Anthony Vidler, an internationally recognized scholar, theorist, and critic of modern and contemporary architecture, is widely known for his essays on the most pressing issues and debates in the field. This volume brings together a collection of such writings-including the iconic, long unavailable "Scenes of the Street"-into one volume. Scenes of the Street and Other Essays showcases Vidler's engaging and accessible expertise on both contemporary and historic subjects that are relevant to today's concerns.
"Scenes of the Street," a multi-faceted analysis of city planning is one such example; other essays in this volume include "Unknown Lands: Guy Debord and the Cartographies of a Landscape to be Invented," "Transparency and Utopia: Constructing the Void from Pascal to Foucault," and "The Modern Acropolis: Tony Garnier from La Cité Antique to the Cité Industrielle.
Vidler writes in his introduction:
In the following essays, I have interrogated the struggle for an urban architecture in the modern period, its criti...
"Scenes of the Street," a multi-faceted analysis of city planning is one such example; other essays in this volume include "Unknown Lands: Guy Debord and the Cartographies of a Landscape to be Invented," "Transparency and Utopia: Constructing the Void from Pascal to Foucault," and "The Modern Acropolis: Tony Garnier from La Cité Antique to the Cité Industrielle.
Vidler writes in his introduction:
In the following essays, I have interrogated the struggle for an urban architecture in the modern period, its criti...
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2010Uitgever: The Monacelli Press368 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 1580932703ISBN-13: 9781580932707Koop dit boek tweedehands
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