Utopias and Architecture: Reconsidering Architecture And Utopia (250) (Ralahine Utopian Studies #8)

By: Nathaniel Coleman

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Synopsis: Utopian thought, though commonly characterized as projecting a future without a past, depends on golden models for re-invention of what is. Through a detailed and innovative re-assessment of the work of three architects who sought to represent a utopian content in their work, and a consideration of the thoughts of a range of leading writers, Coleman offers the reader a unique perspective of idealism in architectural design. With unparalleled depth and focus of vision on the work of Le Corbusier, Louis I Kahn and Aldo van Eyck, this book persuasively challenges predominant assumptions in current architectural discourse, forging a new approach to the invention of welcoming built environments and transcending the limitations of both the postmodern and hyper-modern stance and orthodox modernist architecture.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 352 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781135993948
Related ISBNs:: 9780415700856, 9780203536872, 9780415700849
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 11/07/21
Copyrighted By:: Nathaniel Coleman
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Home and Garden, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.