Main entry:

Burckhardt, Lucius.

Title & Author:

Lucius Burckhardt writings. Rethinking man-made environments : politics, landscape & design / Jesko Fezer, Martin Schmitz (eds.).

Publication:

[Vienna] : SpringerWienNewYork, 2012.

Description:

288 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Urban Planning and Democracy (1957) -- Ulm Anno 5. The Curriculum of the Ulm School of Design (1960) -- Building--A Process with No Obligations to Heritage Preservation (1967) -- On the Value and Meaning of Urban Utopias (1968) -- From Design Academicism to the Treatment of Wicked Problems (1973) -- Who Plans the Planning? (1974) -- Family and Home--Two Adaptable Systems (1975) -- Urban Design and Its Significance for Residents (1975) -- Gardening--An Art and A Necessity (1977) -- Why Is Landscape Beautiful? (1979) -- On the Design of Everyday Life (1979) -- Design Is Invisible (1980) -- Dirt (1980) -- What Is Livability? On Quantifiable and Invisible Needs (1981) -- The Night Is Man-made (1989) -- Architecture--An Art or A Science? (1983) -- A Critique of the Art of Gardening (1983) -- Fake: The Real Thing (1987) -- Aesthetics and Ecology (1990) -- A Walk in Second Nature (1992) -- The Sermon (1994) -- Strollological Observations on Perception of the Environment and the Tasks Facing Our Generation (1996) -- Wasteland As Context. Is There Any Such Thing As The Postmodern Landscape? (1998) -- On Movement and Vantage Points-- The Strollologist's Experience (1999) -- Biography -- Bibliography -- Index.

Summary:

Burckhardt pioneered the interdisciplinary analysis of man-made environments, a field forged in the ruins of post-war Europe. This is the first English translation of his core essays on the interplay between humans and their designed, often urban, landscapes.

ISBN:

9783709112564
3709112567
9783990434956
3990434950
9783709112571 (electronic bk.)
3709112575 (electronic bk.)

Subject:

Burckhardt, Lucius 1925-2003
Burckhardt, Lucius, 1925-2003.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
City planning Environmental aspects.
Écologie urbaine.
urban environments.
urban planning.
sociology.
philosophy.
Society.
Stadtentwicklung
Stadtplanung
Stadtsoziologie
Design
Stadtökologie
Städtebau
Landschaftsgestaltung

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.
Writings.

Added entries:

Fezer, Jesko, 1970- editor.
Schmitz, Martin, 1956- editor.

Rethinking man-made environments : politics, landscapes & design

Holdings:

Location: Library main 282764
Call No.: BIB 220517
Status: Available