Public face of architecture : civic culture and public spaces
Glazer, Nathan Ed.
Public face of architecture : civic culture and public spaces - New York Free Press 1987 - xvi,512p.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION by Nathan Glazer and Mark Lilla ix
PARTI PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC SPACES 1
Introduction 2
1.The Public Realm: The Common 5
HANNAH ARENDT
2.Public Space and the Classical Vernacular 13
ROGER SCRUTON
3.The Public Domain 26
RICHARD SENNETT
4.Monuments and Plazas 48
CAMILLO SITTE
5.The Medieval Town 60
LEWIS MUMFORD
6.The Discovery of the Street 75
J.B. JACKSON
7.Paris, Capital of the Nineteenth Century 87
WALTER BENJAMIN
8.The Uses of Sidewalks: Contact 95
JANE JACOBS
PART II CIVIC ARCHITECTURE 113
Introduction 114
9.Forum Follows Function 117
J.B. JACKSON
10.A Meaning for Monuments 124
WILLIAM HUBBARD
11.Collective Significance 142
MOSHE SAFDIE
12.Public Buildings: Symbols Qualified
by Experience 155
DONLYN LYNDON
13.The Triumph of the Capitol 177
MICHAEL A. SCULLY
14.The City Council Chamber: From Distance
to Intimacy 192
CHARLES T. GOODSELL
15.Symbolism in Architecture: Courtrooms 209
ALLAN GREENBERG
PART III OPEN SPACES ' 219
Introduction 220
16.Public Parks and the Enlargement of Towns 222
FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED
17.The Motive Behind Olmsted's Park 264
ROGER STARR
18.The American Public Space 276
J.B. JACKSON
19.The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces 292
WILLIAM H. WHYTE
20.Living with Lobbies 311
NEIL HARRIS
21.Spaced-Out at the Shopping Center 320
NEIL HARRIS
PART IV PUBLIC ART 329
Introduction 330
22.The Malignant Object: Thoughts on Public Sculpture 332
DOUGLAS STALKER AND CLARK GLYMOUR
Dissent and Reply 352
23.On Subway Graffiti in New York 371
NATHAN GLAZER
PART V CITY AND PLANNING 381
Introduction 382
24.You Have to Pay for the Public Life 385
CHARLES W. MOORE
25. Paris—the View from New York 405
NATHAN GLAZER
26.Landmarks Preservation in New York 428
JOSEPH B. ROSE
27.Educating Architects: Pedagogy and
the Pendulum 443
ROBERT GUTMAN
28.The Current Crisis of Disorder 472
JAQUELIN ROBERTSON
Biographical Notes499
Index 503
9780029118115
711.61 / GLA
Public face of architecture : civic culture and public spaces - New York Free Press 1987 - xvi,512p.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION by Nathan Glazer and Mark Lilla ix
PARTI PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC SPACES 1
Introduction 2
1.The Public Realm: The Common 5
HANNAH ARENDT
2.Public Space and the Classical Vernacular 13
ROGER SCRUTON
3.The Public Domain 26
RICHARD SENNETT
4.Monuments and Plazas 48
CAMILLO SITTE
5.The Medieval Town 60
LEWIS MUMFORD
6.The Discovery of the Street 75
J.B. JACKSON
7.Paris, Capital of the Nineteenth Century 87
WALTER BENJAMIN
8.The Uses of Sidewalks: Contact 95
JANE JACOBS
PART II CIVIC ARCHITECTURE 113
Introduction 114
9.Forum Follows Function 117
J.B. JACKSON
10.A Meaning for Monuments 124
WILLIAM HUBBARD
11.Collective Significance 142
MOSHE SAFDIE
12.Public Buildings: Symbols Qualified
by Experience 155
DONLYN LYNDON
13.The Triumph of the Capitol 177
MICHAEL A. SCULLY
14.The City Council Chamber: From Distance
to Intimacy 192
CHARLES T. GOODSELL
15.Symbolism in Architecture: Courtrooms 209
ALLAN GREENBERG
PART III OPEN SPACES ' 219
Introduction 220
16.Public Parks and the Enlargement of Towns 222
FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED
17.The Motive Behind Olmsted's Park 264
ROGER STARR
18.The American Public Space 276
J.B. JACKSON
19.The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces 292
WILLIAM H. WHYTE
20.Living with Lobbies 311
NEIL HARRIS
21.Spaced-Out at the Shopping Center 320
NEIL HARRIS
PART IV PUBLIC ART 329
Introduction 330
22.The Malignant Object: Thoughts on Public Sculpture 332
DOUGLAS STALKER AND CLARK GLYMOUR
Dissent and Reply 352
23.On Subway Graffiti in New York 371
NATHAN GLAZER
PART V CITY AND PLANNING 381
Introduction 382
24.You Have to Pay for the Public Life 385
CHARLES W. MOORE
25. Paris—the View from New York 405
NATHAN GLAZER
26.Landmarks Preservation in New York 428
JOSEPH B. ROSE
27.Educating Architects: Pedagogy and
the Pendulum 443
ROBERT GUTMAN
28.The Current Crisis of Disorder 472
JAQUELIN ROBERTSON
Biographical Notes499
Index 503
9780029118115
711.61 / GLA