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

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Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1568986238
9781568986234

Other title:

Parachute Pavilion competition

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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

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"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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