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Defining urban design : CIAM architects and the formation of a discipline, 1937-69 / Eric Mumford

By:

Mumford, Eric Paul, (1958 -)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press , c2009.Description: 262 p. : illus. ; 27 cmISBN:

9780300138887

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

724.6 MUM

LOC classification:

NA712 .M86 2009

Contents:

The prewar CIAM vision of the functional city -- CIAM and American urbanism, 1937-48 -- Toward urban design, 1947-54 -- Urban design at Harvard, 1953-60 -- Continuity and crisis: the Harvard urban design program in transformation, 1960-69.

Summary: The members of the International Congress of Modern Architecture (CIAM), such as Josep Lluis Sert, Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius, and their American associates, developed the discipline now called "urban design," which has had a significant influence on both university departments and building projects around the world.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	724.6 MUM (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		026432

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The members of the International Congress of Modern Architecture (CIAM), such as Josep Lluis Sert, Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius, and their American associates, developed the discipline now called "urban design," which has had a significant influence on both university departments and building projects around the world.

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