Glazer From a Cause to a Style

Modernist Architecture's Encounter with the American City
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-2758-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten

Nathan Glazer is Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Education at Harvard University. He was Coeditor of the Public Interest. His books include Beyond the Melting Pot, We Are All Multiculturalists Now, and The Public Face of Architecture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Glazer, Nathan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Geschichte der Architektur, Baugeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments vii

INTRODUCTION 1

PART ONE: The Public Face of Architecture 21

CHAPTER ONE: Building for the Public: What Has Gone Wrong? 23

CHAPTER TWO: The Prince, the People, and the Architects 48

CHAPTER THREE: "Subverting the Context": Olmsted's Parks and Serra's Sculpture 67

CHAPTER FOUR: Monuments in an Age without Heroes 93

CHAPTER FIVE: Modernism and Classicism on the National Mall 117

CHAPTER SIX: Daniel P. Moynihan and Federal Architecture 146

PART TWO: The New York Case 163

CHAPTER SEVEN: What Happened in East Harlem 165

CHAPTER EIGHT: Amenity in New York City 192

CHAPTER NINE: Planning for New York City: Is It Possible? 228

PART THREE: The Professions: From Social Vision to Postmodernism 253

CHAPTER TEN: What Has Happened to the City Planner? 255

CHAPTER ELEVEN: The Social Agenda of Architecture 271

Index 293

Über Autor(innen)

Nathan Glazer is Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Education at Harvard University. He was Coeditor of the Public Interest. His books include Beyond the Melting Pot, We Are All Multiculturalists Now, and The Public Face of Architecture.