Sidewalk critic [[electronic resource] ] : Lewis Mumford's writings on New York / / edited by Robert Wojtowicz |
Autore | Mumford Lewis <1895-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Princeton Architectural Press, c1998 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
Disciplina | 720/.9747/1 |
Altri autori (Persone) | WojtowiczRobert |
Soggetto topico |
Architecture - New York (State) - New York
Architecture - New York (State) - New York - 20th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-56898-543-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ""Title Page""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Prologue""; ""1931-32""; ""1932-33""; ""1933-34""; ""1934-35""; ""1935-36""; ""1936-37""; ""1937-38""; ""1938-39""; ""1939-40""; ""Index"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450545303321 |
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New York, : Princeton Architectural Press, c1998 | ||
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Skyscraper [[electronic resource] ] : the politics and power of building New York City in the twentieth century / / Benjamin Flowers |
Autore | Flowers Benjamin Sitton |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (239 p.) |
Disciplina | 720/.483097471 |
Soggetto topico |
Skyscrapers - New York (State) - New York
Architecture and society - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-89767-9
0-8122-0260-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION. Narratives of the Built Environment: Architecture, Ideology, and Skyscrapers -- PART I. The Empire State Building: The Setback Skyscraper, the Great Depression, and American Modernism -- 1. Building, Money, and Power -- 2. Setback Skyscrapers and American Architectural Development -- 3. Capital Nightmares -- 4. The Politics of American Architecture in the 1930's -- PART II. The Seagram Building: The Ascension of the International Style and a Somber Monument to Corporate Authority -- 5. Architecture Culture into the 1950's -- 6. Clients and Architect -- 7. Gangland's Grip on Business -- 8. Modern Architecture and Corporate America in the 1950's -- PART III. The World Trade Center: Urban Renewal, Global Capitalism, and Regeneration Through Violence -- 9. Regeneration Through Violence -- 10. The Rhetoric and Reality of Urban Renewal -- 11. Cathedrals of Commerce: Minoru Yamasaki, Skyscraper Design, and the Rise of Postmodernism -- CONCLUSION. Into the Future -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES -- INDEX -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452411003321 |
Flowers Benjamin Sitton
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Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009 | ||
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Skyscraper [[electronic resource] ] : the politics and power of building New York City in the twentieth century / / Benjamin Flowers |
Autore | Flowers Benjamin Sitton |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (239 p.) |
Disciplina | 720/.483097471 |
Soggetto topico |
Skyscrapers - New York (State) - New York
Architecture and society - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
American History
American Studies Architecture Fine Art Garden History History |
ISBN |
1-283-89767-9
0-8122-0260-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION. Narratives of the Built Environment: Architecture, Ideology, and Skyscrapers -- PART I. The Empire State Building: The Setback Skyscraper, the Great Depression, and American Modernism -- 1. Building, Money, and Power -- 2. Setback Skyscrapers and American Architectural Development -- 3. Capital Nightmares -- 4. The Politics of American Architecture in the 1930's -- PART II. The Seagram Building: The Ascension of the International Style and a Somber Monument to Corporate Authority -- 5. Architecture Culture into the 1950's -- 6. Clients and Architect -- 7. Gangland's Grip on Business -- 8. Modern Architecture and Corporate America in the 1950's -- PART III. The World Trade Center: Urban Renewal, Global Capitalism, and Regeneration Through Violence -- 9. Regeneration Through Violence -- 10. The Rhetoric and Reality of Urban Renewal -- 11. Cathedrals of Commerce: Minoru Yamasaki, Skyscraper Design, and the Rise of Postmodernism -- CONCLUSION. Into the Future -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES -- INDEX -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779147503321 |
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Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009 | ||
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Skyscraper : the politics and power of building New York City in the twentieth century / / Benjamin Flowers |
Autore | Flowers Benjamin Sitton |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (239 p.) |
Disciplina | 720/.483097471 |
Soggetto topico |
Skyscrapers - New York (State) - New York
Architecture and society - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century |
ISBN |
1-283-89767-9
0-8122-0260-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION. Narratives of the Built Environment: Architecture, Ideology, and Skyscrapers -- PART I. The Empire State Building: The Setback Skyscraper, the Great Depression, and American Modernism -- 1. Building, Money, and Power -- 2. Setback Skyscrapers and American Architectural Development -- 3. Capital Nightmares -- 4. The Politics of American Architecture in the 1930's -- PART II. The Seagram Building: The Ascension of the International Style and a Somber Monument to Corporate Authority -- 5. Architecture Culture into the 1950's -- 6. Clients and Architect -- 7. Gangland's Grip on Business -- 8. Modern Architecture and Corporate America in the 1950's -- PART III. The World Trade Center: Urban Renewal, Global Capitalism, and Regeneration Through Violence -- 9. Regeneration Through Violence -- 10. The Rhetoric and Reality of Urban Renewal -- 11. Cathedrals of Commerce: Minoru Yamasaki, Skyscraper Design, and the Rise of Postmodernism -- CONCLUSION. Into the Future -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES -- INDEX -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825127603321 |
Flowers Benjamin Sitton
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Starting from zero : reconstructing downtown New York / / Michael Sorkin |
Autore | Sorkin Michael <1948-, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (151 p.) |
Disciplina | 711/.4/097471 |
Soggetto topico |
Architecture - New York (State) - New York - History - 21st century
City planning - New York (State) - New York - History - 21st century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-415-94737-5
1-315-78677-X 1-317-72151-9 1-317-72152-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Dedication; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; After the Fall; What Remains; First Response; The Center cannot Hold; A Plan for Downtown; Six Months; Thinking Inside the Box; Crossing the Site; The Dimensions of Aura; A Memorial; The World Peace Dome; Herbert's List; The Lotus; Security; A Brief for Reconstruction; Who Decides?; And then There were Two; In the End the Void; Back to Zero |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453757003321 |
Sorkin Michael <1948-, >
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 | ||
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Starting from zero : reconstructing downtown New York / / Michael Sorkin |
Autore | Sorkin Michael <1948-, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (151 p.) |
Disciplina | 711/.4/097471 |
Soggetto topico |
Architecture - New York (State) - New York - History - 21st century
City planning - New York (State) - New York - History - 21st century |
ISBN |
0-415-94737-5
1-315-78677-X 1-317-72151-9 1-317-72152-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Dedication; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; After the Fall; What Remains; First Response; The Center cannot Hold; A Plan for Downtown; Six Months; Thinking Inside the Box; Crossing the Site; The Dimensions of Aura; A Memorial; The World Peace Dome; Herbert's List; The Lotus; Security; A Brief for Reconstruction; Who Decides?; And then There were Two; In the End the Void; Back to Zero |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790747303321 |
Sorkin Michael <1948-, >
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 | ||
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Starting from zero : reconstructing downtown New York / / Michael Sorkin |
Autore | Sorkin Michael <1948-, > |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (151 p.) |
Disciplina |
711/.4/097471
711.4097471 |
Soggetto topico |
Architecture - New York (State) - New York - History - 21st century
City planning - New York (State) - New York - History - 21st century |
ISBN |
0-415-94737-5
1-315-78677-X 1-317-72151-9 1-317-72152-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Dedication; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; After the Fall; What Remains; First Response; The Center cannot Hold; A Plan for Downtown; Six Months; Thinking Inside the Box; Crossing the Site; The Dimensions of Aura; A Memorial; The World Peace Dome; Herbert's List; The Lotus; Security; A Brief for Reconstruction; Who Decides?; And then There were Two; In the End the Void; Back to Zero |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825300903321 |
Sorkin Michael <1948-, >
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 | ||
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