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Title The modern city revisited / edited by Thomas Deckker.

Publication Info. London : Spon, 2000.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 258 pages) : illustrations, maps, 1 portrait
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The symphony of the metropolis : Berlin as 'Newlin' in the twentieth century / Bernd Nicolai -- Cities of socialism : technology and ideology in the Soviet Union in the 1920s / Catherine Cooke -- Le Corbusier and the city without streets / James Dunnett -- Towards the functional city? MARS, CIAM and the London plans, 1933-42 / John Gold -- Lubetkin and Peterlee / John Allan -- QT8 : a neglected chapter in the history of modern town planning / Judi Loach -- Birmingham : building the modern city / Andrew Higgott -- Brasilia : city versus landscape / Thomas Deckker -- Post-war town planning in its mid-life crisis : dilemmas in redevelopment from a policy point of view / Rob Doctor -- Looking back on our future : conflicting visions and realities of the modern American city / Paul Adamson -- The modern city revisited -- envoi / Allen Cunningham.
Summary The second in a series of titles published to address issues relating to the conservation of the Modern Movement, this is a key publication for architects, planners and all those with a specific interest in modernism and modern planning.
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Subject City planning.
City planning.
Indexed Term Samfundsvidenskab Sociologi.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Deckker, Thomas.
Other Form: Print version: Modern city revisited. London : Spon, 2000 (DLC) 00030085
ISBN 0419256407 (paperback)
9780419256403 (paperback)
0203992032 (electronic book)
9780203992036 (electronic book)