Title & Author:

New Public Works : architecture, planning, and politics / edited by Mark Robbins.

Publication:

New York : Princeton Architectural, 2013.

Description:

159 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 23 cm.

Series:

New City Books

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Design futures / Mark Robbins -- Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts ; Children's Museum of Pittsburgh ; Olympic Sculpture Park / Cathleen McGuigan -- [Projects] : Fresh Kills Park, Staten Island, New York -- Chicago mixed-income housing, Chicago, Illinois -- Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, Illinois -- Flemington Jewish Community Center, Flemington, New Jersey -- LINC Housing Corporation, Long Beach, California -- Tucson Gateway, Tucson, Arizona -- Arroyo Parkway street enhancement, Pasadena, California -- Brooklyn Public Library, Visual and Performing Arts Library, New York -- Perth Amboy High School, Perth Amboy, New Jersey -- Denver International Airport Peña Boulevard, Denver, Colorado -- Washington Canal Park, Washington, D.C. -- Queens Museum of Art expansion, Queens, New York -- Papago Salado Trail, Phoenix, Arizona -- Menomonee River Valley redevelopment, Milwaukee, Wisconsin -- Gainesville Eco-History Trail, Gainesville, Florida -- Intergenerational Learning Center, Chicago, Illinois -- Carroll Robbins Elementary School expansion, Trenton, New Jersey -- Discovery Canyon Campus, Colorado Springs, Colorado -- Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, New York -- Mill Center for the Arts, Hendersonville, North Carolina -- Malama Learning Center, Kapolei, Hawaii -- Sugar House pedestrian crossing, Salt Lake City, Utah -- San Jose State University Museum of Art and Design, San Jose, California -- School of Fine Arts at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut.

Summary:

Between 1999 and 2002, 'New Public Works', an initiative of the design program of the National Endowment for the Arts, sponsored over thirty national design competitions. Beyond yielding innovative new work in the public realm, it was meant to be broadly didactic, introducing cities across America to new design work. It also gave access to developing capacity within a tier of designers, many who had not previously worked at this scale or in the public sector. Even those projects which were not built provide progressive models for public practice and are instructive to students and other professionals. The book will explore the complex set of alignments which contributes to the success of public work, exploring the impact of private, municipal and public courses of support and the necessary mix to get this type of work done.

ISBN:

9781616891152 (hbk.)
1616891157 (hbk.)

Subject:

National Endowment for the Arts. New Public Works.
Architecture and society United States History 20th century.
Architecture and society United States History 21st century.
Architecture and state United States History 20th century.
Architecture and state United States History 21st century.
Architecture et société États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture et société États-Unis Histoire 21e siècle.
Architecture Politique gouvernementale États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture Politique gouvernementale États-Unis Histoire 21e siècle.
Architecture and society.
Architecture and state.
United States.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Robbins, Mark, 1956- editor.
New city books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 295136
Call No.: BIB 241194
Status: Available