The city as architecture / Sophie Wolfrum, Alban Janson.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: German Publisher: Basel, Switzerland : Birkhauser Verlag GmbH, 2019Description: 143 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9783035617986 (hbk.)
- 711.4 WOL 23 017317
- NA9053.S6 W65 2019
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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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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