Public face of architecture : civic culture and public spaces

By:

Glazer, Nathan Ed

Contributor(s):

Lilla, Mark Ed

Publication details: New York Free Press 1987Description: xvi,512pISBN:

9780029118115

DDC classification:

711.61 GLA

Contents:

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

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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

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