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Coleman, Nathaniel, 1961-

Utopias and architecture / Nathaniel Coleman. - ix, 334 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: utopias & architectures? -- Conceptualizing utopias -- Architecture & orientation -- Situating utopians -- Real fictions -- Varieties of architectural utopias -- Post war possibilities -- Optimistic architectures -- Le Corbusier's monastic ideal -- The life within -- Fairy tales & golden dust -- Kahn & Salk's challenge to dualistic thinking -- Aldo van Eyck's utopian discipline -- Story of another idea -- The unthinkability of utopia -- Into the present.

ISBN: 0415700841 (hb : alk. paper) 041570085X (pb : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2005003078

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Visionary architecture
Utopias.
Architecture--Philosophy

LC Class. No.: NA209.5 / .C65 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 720.1