| Description |
xiii, 240 pages : illustrations, maps ; 31 cm |
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Contents Architecture in the distant mirror Hawksmoor's imposing churches: an interpretation / Robin Evans -- Juan de Herrera and the "Discourse of the cubic figure": the Lonja of Seville as cubic element / Rafael Moneo -- Semper's "Bekleidungstheorie" in Plecnik's University Library of Ljubljana / Damjan Prelovsek -- Interactive realms: the Bridge of San Francesco and Palazzo Sant'Elia in Caltagirone / Jorge Silvetti |
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Episodes of modernism The concepts of truth and utility at the outset of the modern movement / Mark Angelil -- A building as a statement: the Looshaus / Friedrich Achleitner -- Orthodoxy and Immanent criticism: on Josef Frank's contribution to the Stuttgart Weissenhofsiedlung, 1926-1927 / Wilfried Wang -- Le Corbusier: the four compositions / Werner Seligmann -- Eileen Gray: architecture and the politics of leisure / Caroline Constant -- A letter to Eduard F. Sekler: reminiscences of post-war modernism at CIAM and the GSD / Jerzy Soltan -- Structural reminiscences: the inside story of the Carpenter Center at Harvard / William le Messurier and Daniel L Schodek -- The collapse of planning: a case study of Delhi / Ranjit Sabikhi |
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Landscapes and cityscapes William Kent: the Vigna Madama and landscape parks / Laurie Olin -- Between the crusader's Jerusalem and Piranesi's Rome: conflicting ideals for the city / Alex Krieger -- Woodbourne: an early garden city experiment in affordable living / Peter Rowe and Alexander Von Hoffman -- Inventing a colonial landscape: the new Central Market in Phnom Penh / Brian Brace Taylor -- Landowning and the villa in the social geography of the Roman territory: the location and the landscapes of the Villa Pamphilj, 1645-70 / Mirka Benes |
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Thoughts on designing form Three remarks: on architectural theory and practice / Henry Cobb -- The new Tokyo City Hall Complex / Kenzo Tange -- What I learned at Harvard / Ben Weese |
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Concerning the work and influence of Eduard Franz Sekler The dedicated teacher: conversation: Professor Eduard Sekler and Dean Gerald McCue / Gerald McCue |
| Notes |
Seeking a place for history / Alexander Von Hoffman |
| Bibliography |
"Bibliography of Eduard Franz Sekler" pages [233]-240 |
| Subject |
Sekler, Eduard F. (Eduard Franz)
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Architecture -- History.
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Form (Aesthetics)
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Modern movement (Architecture)
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Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- Historiography.
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Architecture -- Historiography.
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City planning -- Historiography.
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| Genre/Form |
Festschriften.
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| Author |
Sekler, Eduard F. (Eduard Franz)
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Von Hoffman, Alexander.
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Harvard University. Graduate School of Design.
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| LC no. |
96075165 |
| ISBN |
0935617299 |
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