Big Plans

The Allure and Folly of Urban Design

AvKenneth Kolson

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

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Beskrivning

Big Plans: The Allure and Folly of Urban Design springs from the idea that human aspirations for the city tend to overstate the role of rationality in public life. Inspired by the architectural and urban criticism of such writers as Lewis Mumford, Jane Jacobs, and John Brinckerhoff Jackson, Kolson adopts a user's perspective on issues of urban design, an approach that highlights both the futility of social engineering and the resilience of the human spirit.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2003-12-29
Mått:156 x 235 x 15 mm
Vikt:386 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Center Books on Contemporary Landscape Design
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN:9780801877308

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Regional planering inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Kenneth Kolson is a writer living in Alexandria, Virginia.

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[ Big Plans] is a book that should be read by all those people, and there seem to be more of them as week chases week, who are thinking about the fate of lower Manhattan right now. -- Joe Mysak Bloomberg News Kenneth Kolson has lots of material: Some of what's been built in cities lately is astonishing and not in a good way. -- Anthony Flint Boston Globe Kolson is a passionate critic of urban schemes, with well-founded skepticism about the role rationality has played in designing them. -- Gail Lee Dubrow Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 2004 A fascinating read about the utopian goal of Big Plans and the dystopian reality of lived experience. Design Issues 2004

Innehållsförteckning

Contents: List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Trajan's Forum Chapter 2: The "Hidden Cities" of Ancient North America Chapter 3: Cleveland as Beautiful City Chapter 4: Utopian Visions on the Crabgrass Frontier Chapter 5: Urban Renewal : "The Bugs Are All Out" Chapter 6: The Strange Career of Advocacy Planning Chapter 7: Two Cheers for Sprawl Chapter 8: When Government Dares to Dream Chapter 9: The British Library: From Great Planning Disaster to Almost All Right Chapter 10: With Its "Doors Set Wide to the City" Chapter 11: SimCity and Our TownNotes Select Bibliography Illustration Credits Index Note About the Author