Defining urban design : CIAM architects and the formation of a discipline, 1937-69 / Eric Mumford.

Main entry:

Mumford, Eric Paul, 1958- author.

Title & Author:

Defining urban design : CIAM architects and the formation of a discipline, 1937-69 / Eric Mumford.

Publication:

[New Haven] : [Yale University Press], [2009]
©2009

Description:

ix, 262 pages : illustrations (some color), map, plans ; 27 cm

Notes:
Publisher from jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-250) and index.
The prewar CIAM vision of the functional city -- CIAM and American urbanism, 1937-48 -- Toward urban design, 1947-54 -- Urban design at Harvard, 1953-60 -- Continuity and crisis: the Harvard urban design program in transformation, 1960-69 -- Chronology.

Summary:

The members of the International Congress of Modern Architecture (CIAM), such as Josep Lluis Sert, Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius, and their American associates, developed the discipline now called "urban design," which has had a significant influence on both university departments and building projects around the world.

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ISBN:

9780300138887 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0300138881 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Internationaler Kongress für Neues Bauen Körperschaft
Universidad Sergio Arboleda
International Congresses for Modern Architecture.
International Congress for Modern Architecture.
Architecture United States History 20th century.
City planning United States History 20th century.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture
City planning
Stadtplanung
Städtebau
Arkitektur historia Förenta staterna 1900-talet.
Stadsplanering historia Förenta staterna 1900-talet.
Stadsplanering (estetik) historia Förenta staterna 1900-talet.
United States
USA

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

CIAM architects and the formation of a discipline, 1937-69

Holdings:

Location: Library main 263647
Call No.: BIB 194865
Status: Available

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