Man-made America : chaos or control? : an inquiry into selected problems of design in the urbanized landscape / by Christopher Tunnard and Boris Pushkarev ; in association with Geoffrey Baker [and 4 others] ; with drawings by Philip Lin and Vladimir Pozharsky ; and photographs by John Reed and Charles R. Schulze.

Main entry:

Tunnard, Christopher.

Title & Author:

Publication:

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [1963]
©1963

Description:

xii, 479 pages : illustrations, charts, maps, plans ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 452-460) and index.
The urbanized landscape: an esthetic for man-made America -- The dwelling group: the esthetic of low-density housing -- The paved ribbon: the esthetic of freeway design -- The monuments of technology: the esthetics of industry ad commerce in the landscape -- The outlines of open space: esthetics and recreation -- Something for the future: the preservation of visible history -- The emergence of form: esthetics and planning.
National Book Award for Science, Philosophy and Religion (Nonfiction), 1964.

Resources:
Link to Blinken OSA record

Subject:

Architecture Environmental aspects United States.
Urban beautification United States.
Architecture Conservation and restoration United States.
Regional planning United States.
City planning United States.
Aménagement du territoire États-Unis.
Urbanisme États-Unis.
Architecture Aspect de l'environnement États-Unis.
Architecture Conservation et restauration États-Unis.
City planning
Architecture Conservation and restoration
Architecture Environmental aspects
Regional planning
Urban beautification
United States

Form/genre:

Maps.
Cartes géographiques.

Added entries:

Pushkarev, B. S. (Boris Sergeevich), 1929- author.
Baker, Geoffrey, contributor.
Lin, Philip, illustrator.
Pozharsky, Vladimir, illustrator.
Reed, John, photographer.
Schulze, Charles R., photographer.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 80296
Call No.: NA9103 (ID:86-B15251)
Copy: c. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main 80295
Call No.: NA9103 (ID:86-B15251)
Copy: c. 2
Status: Available

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