The Practice of Modernism - Gold, John R
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In this sequel to his widely-acclaimed book "The Experience of Modernism (1997"), John Gold continues his detailed enquiry into the Modern Movement's involvement in urban planning and city design. Making extensive use of information gained from hours of in-depth interviews with architects of the time, this new book examines the complex relationship between vision and subsequent practice in the saga of postwar urban reconstruction. Gold traces the involvement of a new generation in schemes for urban reconstruction and replanning, ending with the fundamental rethinking that was taking place by 1972.…mehr

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In this sequel to his widely-acclaimed book "The Experience of Modernism (1997"), John Gold continues his detailed enquiry into the Modern Movement's involvement in urban planning and city design. Making extensive use of information gained from hours of in-depth interviews with architects of the time, this new book examines the complex relationship between vision and subsequent practice in the saga of postwar urban reconstruction. Gold traces the involvement of a new generation in schemes for urban reconstruction and replanning, ending with the fundamental rethinking that was taking place by 1972.
Autorenporträt
John R. Gold is Professor of Urban Geography and a member of the Institute for Historical and Cultural Research at Oxford Brookes University UK. The winner of the 1999 Aesop Prize, his main research interests are in the impact of architectural modernism on urban renewal and in the history of urban festivals.