Description |
208 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 29 cm |
Contents |
Foreword : Thoughts on the exhibition 'Vertigo' / Jacques Herzog -- Introduction : Vertigo : the strange new world of the contemporary city / Rowan Moore -- Culture : The Tate Gallery of Modern Art, London : cool energy art experience / Raymund Ryan -- Politics : Berlin 1999 : Phantoms and formulae / Brian Hatton -- Hub space : Hong Kong : Chek Lap Kok : the airport as saviour of the city / Martin Pawley -- Public space : Yokohama International Port Terminal : ship of state / Irénée Scalbert -- Private housing : Lake Las Vegas resort : just add water / Paul Davies -- Public housing : Gifu housing, Japan : reversed planning through gender / Akira Suzuki -- Money : Shanghai World Financial Center : love and rockets in the spree economy / Aaron Tan & Louise Low -- Spectacle : the Millennium experience, London : a dome - yet different / Deyan Sudjic -- Nature : Landschaftspark, Duisburg-Nord : the rust belt blooms / Stefan Leppert -- Shopping : Ontario Mills, California : castle of consumption in the empire of signs / Aaron Betsky |
Summary |
This book interprets the ideologies of the contemporary city, and opens up a startlingly rich arena for a discussion that vertiginously springboards beyond architecture into popular culture, city planning, the environment, economics and politics |
Analysis |
20th century |
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Architecture |
Notes |
Includes index |
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Published to accompany an exhibition |
Bibliography |
Includes index |
Notes |
Also issued online |
Subject |
Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
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Public architecture -- Exhibitions.
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Public architecture.
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Urban landscape architecture -- Exhibitions.
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Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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Author |
Moore, Rowan.
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Vertigo (Exhibition) (1999 : Glasgow, Scotland)
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LC no. |
00001454 |
ISBN |
1856691535 |
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