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The architecture of community / Leon Krier ; edited by Dhiru A. Thadani & Peter J. Hetzel.
Main entry:

Krier, Léon.

Title & Author:

The architecture of community / Leon Krier ; edited by Dhiru A. Thadani & Peter J. Hetzel.

Publication:

Washington, DC : Island Press, 2009.

Description:

xxiii, 459 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:
Revision and expansion of: Architecture.
Includes a foreword by Robert A.M. Stern and an essay by James Howard Kunstler.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Aspects of modernity -- Nature of the architectural object -- Critique of a modernist ideology -- Prospects for a new urbanism -- The polycentric city of urban communities -- Washington DC: An unfinished canvas -- The modernity of traditional architecture -- Universal usefulness of modern craft industry or the fourth industrial revolution -- The architectural tuning of settlements -- Drawing to reality -- Afterwords.
Dust jacket.
Library copy author's presentation copy to Phyllis Lambert dated May 8, 2009.
Summary:

Provides a contemporary road map for designing or completing the fragmented communities of today. Illustrated throughout with original drawings, explains theories on classical and vernacular urbanism and architecture, while providing practical design guidelines for creating livable towns. Includes drawings, diagrams, and photographs of built works by Krier, which have not been widely seen until now. From publisher description.

ISBN:

9781597265782 (cloth ; alk. paper)
1597265780 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9781597265799 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
1597265799 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Architecture and society.
Architecture Human factors.
Architecture Philosophy.
City planning Philosophy.
Architecture et société.
Architecture Facteurs humains.
Architecture Philosophie.
architectural theory.
Architektur
Gesellschaft
Städtebau

Added entries:

Thadani, Dhiru A.
Hetzel, Peter J.
Stern, Robert A. M.
Kunstler, James Howard
Presentation copies. Krier, Léon. Inscription.
Autographs. Krier, Léon.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 262856
Call No.: NA44.K92.A35 2009
Notes: hbk.
Status: Available

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