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1 online resource (x, 140 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
Beginning with the early history of London's Vauxhall pleasure gardens, this volume surveys visionary architecture and urban planning from the 18th century to the present. The recurrence of themes of technology, individual agency and communal living in the work of Le Corbusier, Eileen Gray, Charles and Ray Eames and Constant Nieuwenhuys, testifies to the continued search for an ideal personal and public space. Inspired by works of fiction such as Utopia, Herland, Mizora: World of Women and Homo Ludens and the films Metropolis and Stalker, artists and architects created fantastic plans for indi. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Urban landscape architecture -- History.
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Urban landscape architecture. |
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History. |
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City planning -- History.
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City planning. |
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Visionary architecture.
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Visionary architecture. |
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Utopias.
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Utopias. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781443862646 |
| ISBN |
1443862649 (e-book) |
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9781443862646 |
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1443841390 |
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9781443841399 |
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