MANIFESTOES AND TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE EARLY MODERNIST CITY by Christian Hermansen Cordua ( 9780754679486 )

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MANIFESTOES AND TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE EARLY MODERNIST CITY

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Christian Hermansen Cordua

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0754679489

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Pub. date:

17 March, 2010

Pages:

324

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The enormous impact of industrialisation on the 19th Century European city created unprecedentedly fertile conditions both for the generation of ideal conceptions of the city and for large scale urban transformations. This book deals with urban utopias and their relationship between actual urban interventions.

Synopsis:

The industrialization of the nineteenth-century European city facilitated developing conceptions of the model city, and allowed for large scale urban transformations. The urban discourse in the latter half of the nineteenth century was consequently dominated by a dialectic exchange between the ideal and the practical, a debate played out in the formation of the modern metropolis. Manifestoes and Transformations is the first work to deal with urban utopias and their relationship with actual urban interventions. Bringing together a carefully chosen, wide-ranging team of experts, the book provides a broad, contextual exploration of the ideas and urban practices which are the foundations of our conception of the contemporary city. As such, it is a valuable resource for students interested in the formation of the modernist city.

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includes 28 b&w illustrations

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