Rethinking the American City

An International Dialogue
Herausgeber: Orvell, Miles; Benesch, Klaus

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Utilizing an innovative framework as an international, interdisciplinary dialogue, the volume provides an inventory of contemporary thought about the American city across a wide range of topics, including the design of transportation systems, workplaces, and housing to public art, urban ruins, and futurist visions.

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Produktdetails

• Architecture Technology Culture
• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 156mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9780812245615
• ISBN-10: 081224561X
• Artikelnr.: 38137817

Autorenporträt

Edited by Miles Orvell and Klaus Benesch. Foreword by Dolores Hayden

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
—Dolores Hayden
Introduction
—Miles Orvell and Klaus Benesch
Chapter 1. Energy
—David E. Nye
Chapter 2. Sustainability
—Andrew Ross
Chapter 3. The Multicultural City
—Mabel O. Wilson
Chapter 4. Ruins
—Miles Orvell
Chapter 5. Aesthetic Space
—David M. Lubin
Chapter 6. Designing the City
—Albena Yaneva
Chapter 7. Mobility
—Klaus Benesch
Chapter 8. The Digital City
—Malcolm McCullough
Chapter 9. Future City
—Jeffrey L. Meikle
Conclusion
Notes
List of Contributors
Index
Acknowledgments