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21%OFFEric Mumford (Ed.) - Josep Lluís Sert: The Architect of Urban Design, 1953-1969 - 9780300120653 - V9780300120653
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Josep Lluís Sert: The Architect of Urban Design, 1953-1969

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Description for Josep Lluís Sert: The Architect of Urban Design, 1953-1969 Hardback. Examines the emergence and evolution of the discipline of urban design as articulated through the work of Josep Lluis Sert (1902-1983). With a selection of archival materials, illustrations, plans, and maps, this book looks at the man who advocated the idea of 'urban consciousness' and an architecture that dealt with the total environment. Editor(s): Mumford, Eric; Sarkis, Hashim. Series: Harvard University Graduate School of Design S. Num Pages: 256 pages, 94 b&w illustrations, 26 colour images. BIC Classification: AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1144.

This book examines the emergence and evolution of the discipline of urban design as articulated through the work of Josep Lluís Sert (1902–1983), one of its most influential practitioners. Sert was noted for his city planning and urban development projects in Europe, South America, and the United States, and the master plans of

his later career were significant for their integration of natural landscape features into the urban building scheme.

 

With essays by leading scholars and a wide selection of archival materials, illustrations, plans, and maps, this book provides a timely look at the man who advocated the idea of “urban consciousness” ... Read more



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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
Series
Harvard University Graduate School of Design S.
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300120653
SKU
V9780300120653
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Ref
99-1

About Eric Mumford (Ed.)
Eric Mumford is professor of architecture and art history at Washington University in St. Louis. Hashim Sarkis is Aga Khan Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism in Muslim Societies at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

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