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Coney Island : the Parachute Pavilion competition / Zoë Ryan and Jonathan Cohen-Litant, editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Van Alen Institute : Princeton Architectural Press, ©2007.Description: 175 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1568986238
  • 9781568986234
Other title:
  • Parachute Pavilion competition
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Coney Island.DDC classification:
  • 725.827 22
LOC classification:
  • NA8450 .C575 2007
Contents:
Coney Island: a history of pavilions / Charles Denson -- Delirious New York: a retroactive manifesto for Manhattan (excerpt) / Rem Koolhaas -- Calculating leisure / Tracy Metz -- First prize / second prize / third prize / honorable mentions -- (In)suspense / Beachscape / Tactile TECH-style / Coneyscope / Extending the boardwalk / Beyond the brief / Archi-type / Active (S)pace / Medium as media / Take away -- The pavilion: symbol of recreation and regeneration / Kevin Carmody [and others].
Review: "Coney Island: The Parachute Pavilion Competition is the first publication to address Coney Island's future and its revitalizing efforts as a site for recreation and play. The book presents all 864 submissions received from around the world - including the winning design by Carmody Groarke Hardie of London - and documents, celebrates, and expands on Coney Island with essays by historian Charles Denson and journalist Tracy Metz."--Jacket.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 725.827 CON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A407316B

Coney Island: a history of pavilions / Charles Denson -- Delirious New York: a retroactive manifesto for Manhattan (excerpt) / Rem Koolhaas -- Calculating leisure / Tracy Metz -- First prize / second prize / third prize / honorable mentions -- (In)suspense / Beachscape / Tactile TECH-style / Coneyscope / Extending the boardwalk / Beyond the brief / Archi-type / Active (S)pace / Medium as media / Take away -- The pavilion: symbol of recreation and regeneration / Kevin Carmody [and others].

"Coney Island: The Parachute Pavilion Competition is the first publication to address Coney Island's future and its revitalizing efforts as a site for recreation and play. The book presents all 864 submissions received from around the world - including the winning design by Carmody Groarke Hardie of London - and documents, celebrates, and expands on Coney Island with essays by historian Charles Denson and journalist Tracy Metz."--Jacket.

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