| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 459 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Aspects of modernity -- Nature of the architectural object -- Critique of a modernist ideology -- Prospects for a new urbanism -- The polycentric city of urban communities -- Washington DC: An unfinished canvas -- The modernity of traditional architecture -- Universal usefulness of modern craft industry or the fourth industrial revolution -- The architectural tuning of settlements -- Drawing to reality -- Afterwords |
| Summary |
880-01 Provides a contemporary road map for designing or completing the fragmented communities of today. Illustrated throughout with original drawings, explains theories on classical and vernacular urbanism and architecture, while providing practical design guidelines for creating livable towns. Includes drawings, diagrams, and photographs of built works by Krier, which have not been widely seen until now. From publisher description |
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880-01/(3/r "Leon Krier is one of the best-known اand most provocativeاarchitects and urban theoreticians in the world. Until now, however, his ideas have circulated mostly among a professional audience of architects, city planners, and academics. In The Architecture of Community, Krier has reconsidered and expanded writing from his 1998 book Architecture: Choice or Fate. Here he refines and updates his thinking on the making of sustainable, humane, and attractive villages, towns, and cities. The book includes drawings, diagrams, and photographs of his built works, which have not been widely seen until now. With three new chapters, The Architecture of Community provides a contemporary road map for designing or completing todауѫs fragmented communities. Illustrated throughout with Krierѫs original drawings, The Architecture of Community explains his theories on classical and vernacular urbanism and architecture, while providing practical design guidelines for creating livable towns. The book contains descriptions and images of the authorѫs built and unbuilt projects, including the Krier House and Tower in Seaside, Florida, as well as the town of Poundbury in England. Commissioned by the Prince of Wales in 1988, Krierѫs design for Poundbury in Dorset has become a reference model for ecological planning and building that can meet contemporary needs."--Publisher's website |
| Notes |
Revision and expansion of: Architecture |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Architecture and society.
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Architecture -- Human factors.
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Architecture -- Philosophy
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City planning -- Philosophy
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architectural theory.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Urban & Land Use Planning.
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Architecture and society
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Architecture -- Human factors
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Architecture -- Philosophy
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City planning -- Philosophy
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Architektur
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Gesellschaft
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Städtebau
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Thadani, Dhiru A
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Hetzel, Peter J
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| LC no. |
2008048461 |
| ISBN |
9781610911245 |
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1610911245 |
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