Entrée principale:

Peets, Elbert, 1886-1968.

Titre et auteur:

On the art of designing cities / selected essays of Elbert Peets ; edited by Paul D. Spreiregen.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : M.I.T. Press, [1968]

Description:

xiii, 234 pages : illustrations, plans ; 23 x 25 cm

Notes:
"Other articles by Elbert Peets": page 225.
1. L'Enfant's plan for Washington: The background of L'Enfant's plan -- The genealogy of L'Enfant's Washington -- Washington as L'Enfant intended it -- Critique of L'Enfant's plan -- 2. Critiques of planning in Washington: On the concentration and design of federal buildings -- On the plans for Washington -- On the mutilations of L'Enfant's plan -- On the rebuilding of the mall in the 1930's -- 3. Monuments in Washington: The interior of the Lincoln Memorial -- The Jefferson Memorial and blocked vistas -- The golden horses and civic art -- 4. Other tomes, other plans, and other planners: Plans for rebuilding London in 1666 -- Haussman and the rebuilding of Paris -- Camillo Sitte -- Mussolini, Haussman, and company -- The restoration of Rome -- Williamsburg -- The century of progress -- 5. On domes and water: The reign of the masonry dome -- The Cleveland Reservoir -- 6. Critiques of landscape architecture: Central Park -- The landscape priesthood -- 7. Residential site planning: The neighborhood concept -- The orientation of row houses -- Residential site planning texture -- Greendale -- A concluding thought.

Sujet:

City planning Washington (D.C.)
City planning.
City Planning
Urbanisme Washington (D.C.)
Urbanisme.
urban planning.
Washington (D.C.)

Vedettes secondaires:

Spreiregen, Paul D., editor.

Exemplaires:

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Cote: W13294; ID:88-B9280
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