From a cause to a style : modernist architecture's encounter with the American city

Publication Data

• Title From a cause to a style : modernist architecture's encounter with the American city
• Author Nathan Glazer
• Publisher Princeton University Press
• Publication date 2007
• Publication location Princeton, N.J.
• Language English

Contents

Introduction
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.

Topics

• Architecture and society :: United States :: History :: 20th century
• City planning :: United States :: History :: 20th century
• City planning :: Social aspects :: United States
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From a cause to a style : modernist architecture's encounter with the American city by Nathan Glazer. ISBN 9780691129570. Published by Princeton University Press in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.