Urbanity and Density: In 20th-Century Urban Design
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Urbanity and Density: In 20th-Century Urban Design
By (Author) Wolfgang Sonne
DOM Publishers
DOM Publishers
10th October 2017
Germany
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Physical Properties
Hardback
360
Width 240mm, Height 299mm
Description
In the writing of urban design history of the twentieth century, functionalist and avant-garde models of the dissolution of the city are dominating. In contrast this book presents projects whose goal is the ideal of a dense and urbane city. Drawing on plans, built examples and theories of dense and urban cities and city districts in the twentieth c
Author Bio
Wolfgang Sonne is Professor for History and Theory of Architecture within the Faculty for Architecture and Civil Engineering at the Technical University in Dortmund and Deputy Director of the Deutsches Institut fur Stadtbaukunst. His research interests cover the fi elds of architecture, urban design and conservation from the 19th to the 21st centuries.
