The vanishing city.
Folio| N° d'inventaire | 23391 |
| Format | 12 x 17 |
| Détails | 144 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Gollion, 2013 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782884747141 |
In The Disappearing City, published in 1932, Wright first outlined his famous plan for the city of the future. In the opening chapters, he criticized the metropolises of his time (primarily New York and Chicago), which he criticized for being too dense, concentrated, and anonymous spaces. The rest of the book is devoted to presenting the architectural principles and programs of his ideal city, "Broadacre City," so named because each family would have a one-acre plot. For the first time, the author sets out his proposals for an agrarian and largely decentralized America.
The book offers a fascinating analysis of American urban society in the 1930s, while remaining the model for the so-called "deurbanism" theories and as such is considered a classic.
In The Disappearing City, published in 1932, Wright first outlined his famous plan for the city of the future. In the opening chapters, he criticized the metropolises of his time (primarily New York and Chicago), which he criticized for being too dense, concentrated, and anonymous spaces. The rest of the book is devoted to presenting the architectural principles and programs of his ideal city, "Broadacre City," so named because each family would have a one-acre plot. For the first time, the author sets out his proposals for an agrarian and largely decentralized America.
The book offers a fascinating analysis of American urban society in the 1930s, while remaining the model for the so-called "deurbanism" theories and as such is considered a classic.