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From a cause to a style [electronic resource] : modernist architecture's encounter with the American city / Nathan Glazer.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2007.Description: viii, 300 pISBN:
  • 9780691129570 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0691129576 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 720.973/0904 22
LOC classification:
  • NA2543.S6 G59 2007eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Building for the public : what has gone wrong? -- The prince, the people, and the architects -- "Subverting the context" : Olmsted's parks and Serra's sculpture -- Monuments in an age without heroes -- Modernism and classicism on the National Mall -- Daniel P. Moynihan and federal architecture -- What happened in East Harlem -- Amenity in New York City -- Planning for New York City : is it possible? -- What has happened to the city planner? -- The social agenda of architecture.
Item type: eBooks
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Building for the public : what has gone wrong? -- The prince, the people, and the architects -- "Subverting the context" : Olmsted's parks and Serra's sculpture -- Monuments in an age without heroes -- Modernism and classicism on the National Mall -- Daniel P. Moynihan and federal architecture -- What happened in East Harlem -- Amenity in New York City -- Planning for New York City : is it possible? -- What has happened to the city planner? -- The social agenda of architecture.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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