Main entry:

Somer, Kees.

Title & Author:

The functional city : the CIAM and Cornelis van Eesteren, 1928-1960 / Kees Somer ; [editor: Ed Taverne].

Publication:

Rotterdam : NAi Publishers ; Hague : EFL Foundation ; New York : D.A.P. [distributor], ©2007.

Description:

271 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), portraits ; 30 cm

Notes:
"The International Congresses of Modern Architecture, better known under the French name Congrès internationaux d'architecture moderne (CIAM), were presenting the results of their congress held two ears earlier on 'The Functional City' ... [the exhibition with the Dutch title 'De Functionele Stad' took place] on 1 June 1935 at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam."--Page 7.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Public housing and avant-garde -- The CIAM as a working group -- The preparations for the fourth Congress -- Comparative urban planning -- The limits of collectivity.

Summary:

Dutch architect and planner Cornelis van Eesteren served as president of CIAM, the Congres International d'Architecture Moderne, from 1930 to 1947. His tenure there was steady and influential, but has been little studied, as the rise of Team 10 and then CIAM itself as a global force in the 1950s have obscured the organization's roots as a cooperative that was first embraced by its Dutch and Swiss members. The city analyses that CIAM members conducted for their 1933 congress, chaired by van Eesteren, made an important contribution to what they called "comparative town planning." The Functional City focuses on that legendary fourth congress, held in the summer of 1933; examines van Esteren's legacy; and traces CIAM's early evolution through an abundance of little-known archival material.

Resources:
Rezension

ISBN:

9789056625764
9056625764

Subject:

Eesteren, Cornelis van, 1897-1988.
Eesteren, Cornelis van 1897-1988
Eesteren, Cornelis van, (1897-1988) Critique et interprétation.
Eesteren, Cornelis van.
Internationaler Kongress für Neues Bauen Körperschaft
Congrès international d'architecture moderne Histoire.
Congrès international d'architecture moderne, 1933, Athènes, Grèce.
International Congresses for Modern Architecture.
International Congress for Modern Architecture
La charte d'Athènes
City planning History 20th century.
City planning 20th century Exhibitions.
City planning Netherlands Exhibitions.
Architecture Netherlands History 20th century.
Architecture Netherlands Exhibitions.
Architecture Pays-Bas Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture Pays-Bas Expositions.
Architecture.
City planning.
Städtebau
Ruimtelijke ordening.
Stadsplanning.
Het Nieuwe Bouwen.
Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne.
City planning History 20th century Exhibitions.
Urbanisme Pays-Bas 20e siècle Histoire.
Architecture 20e siècle Histoire.
Stadsplanering (estetisk) historia 1900-talet.
Netherlands.
Nederland.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
History.

Added entries:

Taverne, Ed.
Van Eesteren-Fluck & Van Lohuizen Stichting.
Amsterdam (Netherlands). Stedelijk Museum.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 255399
Call No.: BIB 185560
Status: Available