Architecture: Choice Or FateLeon Krier is one of the most provocative architectural critics of this century who has consistently questioned the wisdom of the principles of the modem movement in both architecture and urban planning. As he forcefully reminds us, architecture is no longer the domain of architects alone. He explains the alternative options in clear language and clarifies them with incisive drawings. This polemic is essential reading for anyone concerned with the state and direction of architecture and urban planning today. It is an essential tool in the art of building cities, an art that we have lost. Winner of the 1997 silver medal of the Academie francaise. |
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Contents
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Section 2 | 33 |
Section 3 | 36 |
Section 4 | 41 |
Section 5 | 45 |
Section 6 | 59 |
Section 7 | 60 |
Section 8 | 61 |
Section 15 | 104 |
Section 16 | 115 |
Section 17 | 126 |
Section 18 | 127 |
Section 19 | 135 |
Section 20 | 141 |
Section 21 | 148 |
Section 22 | 159 |
Section 9 | 76 |
Section 10 | 77 |
Section 11 | 87 |
Section 12 | 89 |
Section 13 | 96 |
Section 14 | 102 |
Section 23 | 163 |
Section 24 | 173 |
Section 25 | 183 |
Section 26 | 186 |
Section 27 | 189 |
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| Title | Architecture: Choice Or Fate Architectural Documents Series |
| Author | Léon Krier |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Papadakis Publisher, 1998 |
| ISBN | 1901092038, 9781901092035 |
| Length | 205 pages |
| Subjects | › Architecture / Criticism |
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