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Author Wojtowicz, Robert.

Title Lewis Mumford and American modernism : Eutopian theories for architecture and urban planning / Robert Wojtowicz
Published Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1996

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Description xii, 224 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Contents Introduction: The Story of Mumford's "Eutopia" -- 1. The Education of a Critic -- 2. The Study of Architectural History -- 3. Toward an Organic Architectural Criticism -- 4. Building the Regional City -- Conclusion: Lewis Mumford, 1895-1990
Summary Lewis Mumford and American Modernism examines the career and writings of America's leading critic of architecture and criticism. The author of numerous books and articles and regular columnist for the New Yorker, Mumford focused on the roles that architecture, technology, and urbanism play in modern civilization. Although a key figure in the introduction of European ideas to the United States, he sought an American basis for modern architecture. Mumford was one of the first to write appreciatively of the achievements of the Chicago School, and he was a fervent supporter of Frank Lloyd Wright, whose buildings embodied the organic qualities that Mumford admired. Indeed, Mumford's writings have proved to be prescient, posing many challenging questions for architects and planners in a period of transition at the end of the twentieth century
Analysis Architecture Modernism
United States
Architecture Modernism
United States
Geschichte 1922-1990
USA
Notes Bibliography: p195-208. _ Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990.
Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990 -- Influence.
Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Modern movement (Architecture) -- United States.
Architectural criticism -- United States -- History.
City planning -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Architecture, Modern -- 20th century.
Architecture -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Architecture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Architectural critics -- United States -- Biography.
Architecture -- United States.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Quotations (texts).
Biographies.
LC no. 95016564
ISBN 0521639247 paperback
0521482151 hardcover
Other Titles Lewis Mumford & American modernism