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"To understand why people love or hate their cities and why cities succeed or fail their inhabitants, Joseph Rykwert examines a broad spectrum of urban centers. Among them are Mexico City, the world's largest metropolis, sprawled around its old center; Berlin, newly reunited and furiously rebuilding; New Delhi and Islamabad, new capitals that exist alongside older towns; grandly planned cities like Chandigarh, Canberra, and Brasilia; and more modest new towns like Columbia, Maryland, and Celebration, Florida, built in an attempt to correct the problems endemic to big cities.". "Rykwert looks at image, style, and ornament; at public space and buildings; at infrastructure and street layout; at the visual qualities of contrast, strife, and energy that contribute to a city's appeal. Discussing both successes and failures, he suggests ways in which we can retain - or return to - the sense of place and individuation that determines the nourishing character and soul of the urban landscape."--BOOK JACKET.
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The Seduction of Place, Joseph Rykwert
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2000
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- Titolo
- The Seduction of Place
- Sottotitolo
- The City in the Twenty-First Century
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Joseph Rykwert
- Editore
- Pantheon
- Pubblicato
- 2000
- Formato
- Copertina rigida
- Pagine
- 283
- ISBN10
- 0375400486
- ISBN13
- 9780375400483
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Arte / Cultura, Tema stórico, Storia, Architettura, Architettura e urbanistica, Arte, Urbanistica, urbanizzazione
- Valutazione
- 3,45 su 5
- Descrizione
- "To understand why people love or hate their cities and why cities succeed or fail their inhabitants, Joseph Rykwert examines a broad spectrum of urban centers. Among them are Mexico City, the world's largest metropolis, sprawled around its old center; Berlin, newly reunited and furiously rebuilding; New Delhi and Islamabad, new capitals that exist alongside older towns; grandly planned cities like Chandigarh, Canberra, and Brasilia; and more modest new towns like Columbia, Maryland, and Celebration, Florida, built in an attempt to correct the problems endemic to big cities.". "Rykwert looks at image, style, and ornament; at public space and buildings; at infrastructure and street layout; at the visual qualities of contrast, strife, and energy that contribute to a city's appeal. Discussing both successes and failures, he suggests ways in which we can retain - or return to - the sense of place and individuation that determines the nourishing character and soul of the urban landscape."--BOOK JACKET.