| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 222 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-203) and index. |
| Contents |
Haussmannien Paris, 1853-82 -- London : the garden cities, 1905-25 -- The extension of Amsterdam, 1913-34 -- The new Frankfurt and Ernst May, 1925-30 -- Le Corbusier and the cité radieuse -- The metamorphosis of the block and the practice of space -- The development and diffusion of architectural models -- Building the city, 1975-95 -- An Anglo-American postscript. |
| Summary |
This popular and influential work, translated here into English for the first time, argues that modern urbanism has upset the morphology of cities, abolished their streets and isolated their buildings. In tracing the stages of this transformation, this book presents the view that the urban tissue, the intermediate scale between the architecture of buildings and the diagrammatic layouts of town planning, is the essential framework for everyday life. Only by investigating the urban tissue will it be possible to understand the complex relationships between plot and built form, between streets and. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
City planning -- Europe -- History -- 19th century.
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City planning. |
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Europe. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
City planning -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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1800-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Castex, Jean.
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Depaule, Jean-Charles.
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Samuels, Ivor.
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| Added Title |
Formes urbaines. English
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Panerai, Philippe. Formes urbaines. English. Urban forms. Oxford [England] ; Boston : Architectural Press, 2004 0750656077 (DLC) 2003063574 (OCoLC)53398111 |
| ISBN |
1417544422 (electronic book) |
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9781417544424 (electronic book) |
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008048154X |
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9780080481548 |
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