Introduction: Architecture of the 1960's: hopes and fears -- History : a part of life -- Our architectural inheritance -- The evolution of new potentialities -- The demand for morality in architecture -- American development -- Space time in art, architecture, and construction -- City planning in the nineteenth century -- City planning as a human problem -- Space time in city planning -- In conclusion
Summary
A classic first published in 1941, this is an unparalleled work on the shaping of our architectural environment. In his discussions of leading architects and styles, Giedion examines the evolving of new traditions; the strengthening of its plastic tendencies and conditions for further evolution; the urban renewal boom of the fifties; and the development of regionalism by creatively oriented architects
