Imagined Utopias in the Built Environment: From London's Vauxhall Garden to the Black Rock Desert

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] ; s.l. : Cambridge Scholars Publishing : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017Description: 1 Online-RessourceSubject(s): Additional physical formats: 9781443841399 | 1443862649. | 9781443862646. | Erscheint auch als: 9781443862646 Druck-AusgabeDDC classification:
  • 720.1
LOC classification:
  • NA209.5
Online resources: Summary: Beginning with the early history of London's Vauxhall pleasure gardens, this volume surveys visionary architecture and urban planning from the 18th century to the present. The recurrence of themes of technology, individual agency and communal living in the work of Le Corbusier, Eileen Gray, Charles and Ray Eames and Constant Nieuwenhuys, testifies to the continued search for an ideal personal and public space. Inspired by works of fiction such as Utopia, Herland, Mizora: World of Women and Homo Ludens and the films Metropolis and Stalker, artists and architects created fantastic plans for indiPPN: PPN: 87913206XPackage identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-4-EBA | ZDB-4-NLEBK
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