Rethinking the American City : An International Dialogue.
Title:
Rethinking the American City : An International Dialogue.
Author:
Orvell, Miles.
ISBN:
9780812209013
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (232 pages)
Series:
Architecture
Contents:
Cover -- RETHINKING THE AMERICAN CITY -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 ENERGY -- 2 SUSTAINABILITY -- 3 THE MULTICULTURAL CITY -- 4 RUINS -- 5 AESTHETIC SPACE -- 6 DESIGNING THE CITY -- 7 MOBILITY -- 8 THE DIGITAL CITY -- 9 FUTURE CITY -- CONCLUSION -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- NOTES -- INDEX -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
Abstract:
Utilizing an innovative framework as an international, interdisciplinary dialogue, the volume provides an inventory of contemporary thought about the American city across a wide range of topics, including the design of transportation systems, workplaces, and housing to public art, urban ruins, and futurist visions.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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