The Resource From a cause to a style : modernist architecture's encounter with the American city, Nathan Glazer
From a cause to a style : modernist architecture's encounter with the American city, Nathan Glazer
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The item From a cause to a style : modernist architecture's encounter with the American city, Nathan Glazer represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
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- Summary
- Modernism in architecture and urban design has failed the American city. This is the decisive conclusion that renowned public intellectual Nathan Glazer has drawn from two decades of writing and thinking about what this architectural movement will bequeath to future generations. In From a Cause to a Style, he proclaims his disappointment with modernism and its impact on the American city. Writing in the tradition of legendary American architectural critics Lewis Mumford and Jane Jacobs, Glazer contends that modernism, this new urban form that signaled not just a radical revolution in style but
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 300 pages)
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9781400827589
- Label
- From a cause to a style : modernist architecture's encounter with the American city
- Title
- From a cause to a style
- Title remainder
- modernist architecture's encounter with the American city
- Statement of responsibility
- Nathan Glazer
- Subject
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- ARCHITECTURE -- Criticism
- ARCHITECTURE -- History | General
- ARCHITECTURE -- Regional
- Architecture and society
- Architecture and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- City planning
- City planning -- Social aspects
- City planning -- Social aspects -- United States
- City planning -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- 1900-1999
- Electronic books -- History
- History
- Modernism (Aesthetics)
- Modernism (Aesthetics) -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Essays
- United States
- Electronic books
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Modernism in architecture and urban design has failed the American city. This is the decisive conclusion that renowned public intellectual Nathan Glazer has drawn from two decades of writing and thinking about what this architectural movement will bequeath to future generations. In From a Cause to a Style, he proclaims his disappointment with modernism and its impact on the American city. Writing in the tradition of legendary American architectural critics Lewis Mumford and Jane Jacobs, Glazer contends that modernism, this new urban form that signaled not just a radical revolution in style but
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- Glazer, Nathan
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Architecture and society
- City planning
- City planning
- Modernism (Aesthetics)
- ARCHITECTURE
- ARCHITECTURE
- ARCHITECTURE
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Architecture and society
- City planning
- City planning
- Modernism (Aesthetics)
- United States
- Label
- From a cause to a style : modernist architecture's encounter with the American city, Nathan Glazer
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
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- 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
- Control code
- ocn438732501
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 300 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781400827589
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- unknown
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- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- c
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- JSTOR
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- 22573/cttxbr4
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- not applicable
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- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)438732501
- Label
- From a cause to a style : modernist architecture's encounter with the American city, Nathan Glazer
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- ocn438732501
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 300 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781400827589
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/cttxbr4
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)438732501
Subject
- ARCHITECTURE -- Criticism
- ARCHITECTURE -- History | General
- ARCHITECTURE -- Regional
- Architecture and society
- Architecture and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- City planning
- City planning -- Social aspects
- City planning -- Social aspects -- United States
- City planning -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- 1900-1999
- Electronic books -- History
- History
- Modernism (Aesthetics)
- Modernism (Aesthetics) -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Essays
- United States
- Electronic books
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