The city as architecture / Sophie Wolfrum, Alban Janson.

By:

Wolfrum, Sophie [author.]

Contributor(s):

Janson, Alban, 1948- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: German Publisher: Basel, Switzerland : Birkhauser Verlag GmbH, 2019Description: 143 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9783035617986 (hbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

711.4 WOL 23 017317

LOC classification:

NA9053.S6 W65 2019

Summary: Architecture creates complex spatial situations that are the subject of urban design. Design uses a repertoire of specific architectural means in a creative way, resulting in cities that can be lived in and perceived in their three-dimensional experience. The current book, an extended new edition of Architecture of the City (2016), describes the repertoire with which architecture and design regain an entry to urbanistics. It pleads for an "architectonic turn" in urbanistics, a demand to finally comprehend the city architecturally: the issue is not just about buildings in the city, but about architecture of the city as a whole, as is clearly expressed in the new title of 'City as Architecture'.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	711.4 WOL 017317 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		017317

Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-142).

Architecture creates complex spatial situations that are the subject of urban design. Design uses a repertoire of specific architectural means in a creative way, resulting in cities that can be lived in and perceived in their three-dimensional experience. The current book, an extended new edition of Architecture of the City (2016), describes the repertoire with which architecture and design regain an entry to urbanistics. It pleads for an "architectonic turn" in urbanistics, a demand to finally comprehend the city architecturally: the issue is not just about buildings in the city, but about architecture of the city as a whole, as is clearly expressed in the new title of 'City as Architecture'.

Translated from the German.

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