Megastructure : urban futures of the recent past / Reyner Banham.

Main entry:

Banham, Reyner, author.

Title & Author:

Megastructure : urban futures of the recent past / Reyner Banham.

Publication:

London : Thames and Hudson, [1976]
©1976

Description:

224 pages : illustrations, plans ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 221) and index.
Introduction: dinosaurs of the modern movement -- Antecedents, analogies and mégastructures trouvées -- beginners and begetters -- Megayear 1964 -- Fun and flexibility -- Megacity Montreal -- Megastructure in academe -- Megadecadence: acceptability and exploitation -- Epilogue: the meaning of megastructure -- Appendix: Maki on megastructure.

Summary:

Dinosaurs of the modern movement -- Antecedents, analogies, and mégastructures trouvées -- Beginners and begetters -- Megayear 1964 -- Fun and flexibility -- Megacity Montreal -- Megastructure in Academe -- Megadecadence: acceptability and exploitation -- The meaning of megastructure -- Maki on megastructure.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0500340684
9780500340684
0500272050
9780500272053

Subject:

Megastructures.
City planning.
City Planning
Villes totales.
Urbanisme.
urban planning.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Joint occupancy of buildings.
Architecture 1945-1970.
Megastructures Architectural design ca 1930-ca 1970.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 89922
Call No.: NA9053.M43 B36 (ID:95-B4734)
Status: Available

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