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Postmodern urbanism / Nan Ellin.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [1999]Copyright date: ©1999Edition: Revised editionDescription: viii, 392 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 156898135X
  • 9781568981352
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 711.409045 21
LOC classification:
  • NA9095 .E45 1999
Available additional physical forms:
  • Also issued online.
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Foreword to the Revised Edition -- 1. The Romantic Resurgence -- 2. Urban Design Theory on the European Continent -- 3. Urban Design Theory: The Anglo-American Axis -- 4. The Postmodern Reflex -- 5. Themes of Postmodern Urbanism -- 6. The Modern Project: Continued or Abandoned? -- 7. Crisis in the Architectural Profession -- 8. Reconceiving the City and Culture -- App. A. The Pendular Swing -- App. B. Timeline of Postmodern Urbanism -- References -- Index.
Summary: "Like a good city, Postmodern Urbanism can be read from many perspectives as a rich conversation of world views, languages, and artifacts....It's a generous and thoughtful piece of scholarship which is unlikely to be superseded."-Charles Jencks Since the 1960s, many architects and urban planners have reacted against the drab universalism and inhuman scale of modern architecture and urbanism, seeking instead to recover a sense of community and place. It is apparent to these architects and planners, as well as segments of the general public, that something needs to be done to improve the physical landscape and the sense of desolation it arouses. Efforts to do so have been grouped under the rubric "postmodern urbanism." While this late- twentieth-century quest for meaning has elicited nostalgia for cities of the past, it has not been accompanied by a desire to relinquish technological innovations that raise the standard of living, or the pursuit of progress and modernity. Postmodern Urbanism examines these important and complex issues that directly affect our cities and neighborhoods in a book that has been widely heralded for its clarity and insight."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-379) and index.

Acknowledgments -- Foreword to the Revised Edition -- 1. The Romantic Resurgence -- 2. Urban Design Theory on the European Continent -- 3. Urban Design Theory: The Anglo-American Axis -- 4. The Postmodern Reflex -- 5. Themes of Postmodern Urbanism -- 6. The Modern Project: Continued or Abandoned? -- 7. Crisis in the Architectural Profession -- 8. Reconceiving the City and Culture -- App. A. The Pendular Swing -- App. B. Timeline of Postmodern Urbanism -- References -- Index.

"Like a good city, Postmodern Urbanism can be read from many perspectives as a rich conversation of world views, languages, and artifacts....It's a generous and thoughtful piece of scholarship which is unlikely to be superseded."-Charles Jencks Since the 1960s, many architects and urban planners have reacted against the drab universalism and inhuman scale of modern architecture and urbanism, seeking instead to recover a sense of community and place. It is apparent to these architects and planners, as well as segments of the general public, that something needs to be done to improve the physical landscape and the sense of desolation it arouses. Efforts to do so have been grouped under the rubric "postmodern urbanism." While this late- twentieth-century quest for meaning has elicited nostalgia for cities of the past, it has not been accompanied by a desire to relinquish technological innovations that raise the standard of living, or the pursuit of progress and modernity. Postmodern Urbanism examines these important and complex issues that directly affect our cities and neighborhoods in a book that has been widely heralded for its clarity and insight."--Publisher description.

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