| Description |
1 online resource (x, 140 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Summary |
Beginning with the early history of London's Vauxhall pleasure gardens, this volume surveys visionary architecture and urban planning from the 18th century to the present. The recurrence of themes of technology, individual agency and communal living in the work of Le Corbusier, Eileen Gray, Charles and Ray Eames and Constant Nieuwenhuys, testifies to the continued search for an ideal personal and public space. Inspired by works of fiction such as Utopia, Herland, Mizora: World of Women and Homo Ludens and the films Metropolis and Stalker, artists and architects created fantastic plans for indi |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL |
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Urban landscape architecture -- History
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City planning -- History
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Visionary architecture.
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Utopias.
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visionary architecture.
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utopian literature.
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utopias.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Landscape.
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GARDENING -- Garden Design.
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GARDENING -- Landscape.
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City planning
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Urban landscape architecture
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Utopias
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Visionary architecture
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1443862649 |
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9781443862646 |
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