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CIAM Discourse on Urbanism, 1928-1960

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ISBN-10: 0262133644

ISBN-13: 9780262133647

Edition: 2000

Authors: Eric Mumford, Kenneth Frampton

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This history focuses on CIAM's discourse to trace the development and promotion of its influential concept of the functional city. It views official doctrines and pronuncements in relation to the changing circumstances of the members.
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Book details

List price: $80.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 4/18/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 396
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.288
Language: English

Kenneth Frampton is the Ware Professor of Architecture at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University.

List of Illustrations
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Ciam, 1928-1930
Modern Architects' Congress, 1928
CIAM 1, La Sarraz, Switzerland, 1928
La Sarraz Declaration
CIAM 2, Frankfurt, 1929: The Existenzminimum
Le Corbusier, the Green City, and His "Response to Moscow"
CIAM 3, Brussels, 1930: Rational Lot Development
The Functional City, 1931-1939
The Theme of the Functional City
Application Case: Barcelona, 1932
CIAM 4, 1933: The Functional City
CIAM, 1933-1936
CIAM 5, Paris, 1937: Dwelling and Recreation
Transplanting CIAM, 1: England, 1937-1942
Transplanting CIAM, 2: America and Europe, 1938-1939
CIAM and the Postwar World, 1939-1950
CIAM as Propaganda: Sert's Can Our Cities Survive?
The New York CIAM Chapter for Relief and Postwar Planning, 1943-1945
The New Monumentality
Le Corbusier and ASCORAL, 1940-1946
CIAM, 1946-1947
The New Empiricism
CIAM 6, Bridgwater, England, 1947
CIAM 7, Bergamo, Italy, 1949
"Concerning Architectural Culture": Zevi's Critique of CIAM
From the "Heart of the City" to the End of CIAM
CIAM 8, Hoddesdon, England, 1951: The Heart of the City
In Search of "Habitat": Sigtuna, Sweden, 1952
CIAM 9, Aix-en-Provence, 1953: The Charter of Habitat
Team 10 and CIAM 10, Dubrovnik, 1956
CIAM '59 in Otterlo and the End of CIAM
After CIAM
Appendix: Chronology of CIAM and CIAM-CIRPAC Meetings
Notes
Bibliography
Figure Credits
Index