02806nam 22006254a 450 991095550980332120251116202810.01-135-99395-51-281-15862-397866111586200-203-53687-8(CKB)1000000000403440(EBL)308714(OCoLC)191803486(SSID)ssj0000266389(PQKBManifestationID)11254376(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000266389(PQKBWorkID)10305101(PQKB)11638968(MiAaPQ)EBC308714(Au-PeEL)EBL308714(CaPaEBR)ebr10227331(CaONFJC)MIL115862(EXLCZ)99100000000040344020050202d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUtopias and architecture /Nathaniel Coleman1st ed.Abingdon [England] ;New York Routledge20051 online resource (795 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-70085-X 0-415-70084-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-326) and index.Introduction : utopias and architectures? -- Conceptualizing utopias -- Architecture and orientation -- Situating utopias -- Real fictions -- Varieties of architectural utopias -- Post war possibilities -- Optimistic architectures -- Le Corbusier's monastic ideal -- The life within -- Fairy tales and golden dust -- Kahn and Salk's challenge to dualistic thinking -- Aldo van Eyck's utopian discipline -- Story of another idea -- The unthinkability of utopia -- Into the present.Utopian thought, though commonly characterized as projecting a future without a past, depends on golden models for re-invention of what is. Through a detailed and innovative re-assessment of the work of three architects who sought to represent a utopian content in their work, and a consideration of the thoughts of a range of leading writers, Coleman offers the reader a unique perspective of idealism in architectural design. With unparalleled depth and focus of vision on the work of Le Corbusier, Louis I Kahn and Aldo van Eyck, this book persuasively challenges predominant asVisionary architectureUtopiasArchitecturePhilosophyVisionary architecture.Utopias.ArchitecturePhilosophy.720/.1Coleman Nathaniel1961-705703MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910955509803321Utopias and architecture1351677UNINA