Description: Continuous City : Fourteen Essays on Architecture and Urbanization, Hardcover by Lerup, Lars; Vassallo, Jesus (FRW), ISBN 3038600660, ISBN-13 9783038600664, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This book gathers writings by Swedish American architect Lars Lerup, in which he sharply observes and analyzes the urban environment around him, then applies those findings to develop innovative theories about the modern city. Though the fourteen essays in th were written as standalone pieces, together they cohere into a larger project that surveys Lerup's thinking about identity, monumentality, and the relationship between nature and culture. He considers influential modern landscape designer Roberto Burle Marx, the 'dancing floors' of Rem Koolhaas's Seattle Central Library, Herzog de Meuron's 1111 Lincoln Road project in Miami Beach, the character of urban icons like Coop Himmelb(l)au's Dalian International Conference Center, and much more.
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Book Title: Continuous City : Fourteen Essays on Architecture and Urbanizatio
Number of Pages: 160 Pages
Publication Name: Continuous City : Fourteen Essays on Architecture and Urbanization
Language: English
Publisher: PARK Books
Subject: Urban & Land Use Planning, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, General, Criticism, Sociology / Urban
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 2018
Type: Textbook
Author: Lars Lerup
Item Length: 7.5 in
Subject Area: Political Science, Architecture, Social Science
Series: Architecture at Rice Ser.
Item Width: 4.8 in
Format: Hardcover
