Jaqueline Tyrwhitt : a transnational life in urban planning and design / / Ellen Shoshkes

• Autore: Shoshkes Ellen
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (275 p.)
• Disciplina: 711.4092
• Soggetto topico: City planners - Great Britain; Women city planners - Great Britain; City planning - Great Britain - History - 20th century; City planning - History - 20th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: First published 2013 by Ashgate Publishing.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. I. 1905-1940 -- pt. II. 1941-1945 -- pt. III. 1945-1949 -- pt. IV. 1949-1956 -- pt. V. 1955-1972.
• Sommario/riassunto: Jaqueline Tyrwhitt, a British town planner, editor, and educator who was at the center of the group of people who shaped the postwar Modern Movement played a central role in Twentieth Century design history and yet her contributions to planning and urban design education and practice, mapping, CIAM discourse are largely unacknowledged. This intellectual biography not only details these landmark contributions, working alongside Geddes, Sert, Giedion and Doxiadis, but also indicates their relevance for contemporary scholars and practitioners, particularly those concerned with 'healthy' community
• Titolo autorizzato: Jaqueline Tyrwhitt
• ISBN: 1-317-11128-1; 1-317-11127-3; 1-315-59035-2; 1-299-39819-7; 1-4094-1779-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452429803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Design and the built environment series.