The architecture of community /

Krier, Léon,

The architecture of community / Leon Krier ; edited by Dhiru A. Thadani + Peter J. Hetzel. - xxiii, 459 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Revision and expansion of: Architecture.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Aspects of modernity -- Nature of the architectural object -- Critique of a modernist ideology -- Prospects for a new urbanism -- The polycentric city of urban communities -- Washington DC: An unfinished canvas -- The modernity of traditional architecture -- Universal usefulness of modern craft industry or the fourth industrial revolution -- The architectural tuning of settlements -- Drawing to reality -- Afterwords.

1597265780 9781597265782 1597265799 9781597265799

2008048461


Architecture and society.
Architecture--Human factors.
Architecture--Philosophy
City planning--Philosophy

NA2543.S6 / .K75 2009

720.103

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