| Author: |
|
ALISON SMITHSON
|
| Title: |
 |
The Charged Void: Urbanism |
| Moochable copies: |
|
No copies available |
| Amazon suggests: |
|
| Topics: |
|
| Published in: |
|
English |
| Binding: |
|
Hardcover |
| Pages: |
|
336 |
| Date: |
|
2005-03-17 |
| ISBN: |
|
1580931308 |
| Publisher: |
|
The Monacelli Press |
| Weight: |
|
4.06 pounds |
| Size: |
|
8.43 x 1.18 x 10.94 inches |
Amazon prices: |
|
|
| Wishlists: |
|
|
| Description: |
|
Product Description
The Charged Void: Urbanism is the companion volume to The Charged Void: Architecture; the two together comprise the complete works of Alison and Peter Smithson. For the designers, architecture and urbanism were inseparable: buildings encapsulate urban ideas; urban systems are the means by which buildings function effectively. This second book collects both urban and architectural designs that have specific implications for city form into fourteen thematic chapters: the Team X Doorn Manifesto with its worked examples (Close Houses, Fold Houses, Terraced Crescent Houses); large-scale designs such as the Berlin Hauptstadt, Hamburg Steilshoop, and the Kuwait Urban Form Study; and built manifestations of urban ideas, notably the Economist Building of 1959-64. More than a collection of work, The Charged Void: Urbanism represents a record of a focused thought process concerned with the qualities of urban life—a thoughtful and witty collection of observations, decipherings, and recommendations for understanding and improving the complex nature of the city.
|
| URL: |
|
http://bookmooch.com/1580931308 |
|
|
