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Manifestoes and Transformations in the Early Modernist City
Author(s): Christian Hermansen Cordua (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: March 17, 2010
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 324 pages
- ISBN-10: 0754679497
- ISBN-13: 9780754679493
Book Description
The industrialization of the nineteenth-century European city facilitated developing conceptions of the model city, and allowed for large scale urban transformations. The urban discourse in the latter half of the nineteenth century was consequently dominated by a dialectic exchange between the ideal and the practical, a debate played out in the formation of the modern metropolis. Manifestoes and Transformations is the first work to deal with urban utopias and their relationship with actual urban interventions. Bringing together a carefully chosen, wide-ranging team of experts, the book provides a broad, contextual exploration of the ideas and urban practices which are the foundations of our conception of the contemporary city. As such, it is a valuable resource for students interested in the formation of the modernist city.
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About the Author
Christian Hermansen Cordua is Professor and Head of the Institute of Architecture, The Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Norway
