Collage city / Colin Rowe & Fred Koetter.
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT, 1983Description: 185p. : ill., maps, plans ; 30 cm001: BDZ0000180997ISBN: 9780262680424 (pbk.) :Subject(s): City planning -- History -- 20th century | City planning -- Philosophy | Functionalism (Architecture)
| Eclecticism in architecture | Architecture and Planning | Architecture | City & town planning: architectural aspects | Architecture: public buildingsDDC classification: 711.4 LOC classification: NA9050 | .R68 1983Summary: This book is a critical reappraisal of contemporary theories of urban planning and design and of the role of the architect-planner in an urban context. The authors, rejecting the grand utopian visions of "total planning" and "total design," propose instead a "collage city" which can accommodate a whole range of utopias in miniature.
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This book is a critical reappraisal of contemporary theories of urban planning and design and of the role of the architect-planner in an urban context. The authors, rejecting the grand utopian visions of "total planning" and "total design," propose instead a "collage city" which can accommodate a whole range of utopias in miniature.
Originally published: 1978.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book is a critical reappraisal of contemporary theories of urban planning and design and of the role of the architect-planner in an urban context. The authors, rejecting the grand utopian visions of "total planning" and "total design," propose instead a "collage city" which can accommodate a whole range of utopias in miniature.
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