Coney Island : the Parachute Pavilion competition / Zoë Ryan and Jonathan Cohen-Litant, editors.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Van Alen Institute : Princeton Architectural Press, ©2007.Description: 175 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1568986238
- 9781568986234
- Parachute Pavilion competition
- 725.827 22
- NA8450 .C575 2007
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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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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