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1 online resource (274 pages) |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of figures; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; PART I Introduction; 1 On "alternative visions"; 2 The enduring concept of Civic Art; PART II Imagined townscapes; 3 Townscape as a project and strategy of cultural continuity; 4 Visualizing the historic city: planners and the representation of Italy's built heritage: Giovanni Astengo and Giancarlo De Carlo in Assisi and Urbino, 1950s-60s; 5 'The first modern townscape'? The Festival of Britain, townscape and the Picturesque |
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6 Everyday unavoidable modernization and the image of hell: Visual planning in the writings of Nishiyama Uzō7 Townscape and scenography: Conceptualizing and communicating the new urban landscape in British post-war planning; PART III Townscapes in practice; 8 Making the modern townscape: The reconstruction plans of Thomas Sharp; 9 The role of a historic townscape in city reconstruction: Plans for Milan, Turin and Genoa after World War II; 10 Rhetorics and politics: Polish architectural modernism in the early post-war years; PART IV Townscapes in opposition |
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11 Charting the changing approaches to reconstruction in France: Urbanisme 1941-5612 Brutal enemies? Townscape and the 'hard' moderns; 13 Jane Jacobs, the Townscape movement, and the emergence of critical urban design; 14 Neo-Realism: Urban form and La Dolce Vita in post-war Italy 1945-75; Index |
| Summary |
The history of post Second World War reconstruction has recently become an important field of research around the world; Alternative Visions of Post-War Reconstruction is a provocative work that questions the orthodoxies of twentieth century design history. This book provides a key critical statement on mid-twentieth century urban design and city planning, focused principally upon the period between the start of the Second World War to the mid-sixties. The various figures and currents covered here represent a largely overlooked field within the history of 20th century urbani |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
City planning -- History -- 20th century -- Social aspects
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Postwar reconstruction.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Public, Commercial & Industrial.
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City planning -- Social aspects
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Postwar reconstruction
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Erten, Erdem
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Peter, Larkham J
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| ISBN |
9781317698654 |
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1317698657 |
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