Against Architecture.

By: La Cecla, FrancoContributor(s): Mairin, O'MahonyMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Green ArcadePublisher: Oakland : PM Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (145 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781604866919Subject(s): Architectural criticism | Architecture, Modern -- 21st century | City planningGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Against ArchitectureDDC classification: 711.4 LOC classification: NA2599.5 -- .C43 2012ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Why I Did Not Become an Architect -- Chapter 2 Tirana -- Chapter 3 Banlieue Bleu vs. Th e Decline of the Arrabal -- Across Europe -- The Effects of Ugliness -- The Suburbs Threaten the Center -- The Crisis of the Paris Banlieues -- From France through Europe -- European Contagion? -- The Architects' Dream -- The Grands Ensembles -- Subtopia West to East, an Ecumenical Embrace -- Demolition, Future or Present? -- Immigrants Instead of Workers? -- A Question of Esthetics -- Chapter 4 Crema Catalana -- Barcelona and La Sagrera -- Barcelona and Its Residents -- Our District -- Chapter 5 Architecture Washes Whiter -- Chapter 6 Italian Cities, C & G (Cool & Garbage) -- Milan-Bangalore Still Cool -- Chapter 7 Th e New Banks of Happiness.
Summary: Franco La Cecla is a renowned anthropologist and architect. In 2005 he founded Architecture Social Impact Assessment (ASIA), an agency that evaluates the social impact of architectural and city planning projects. He is currently in production with Radiotelevisione Italiana on a series based on Against Architecture.
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Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Why I Did Not Become an Architect -- Chapter 2 Tirana -- Chapter 3 Banlieue Bleu vs. Th e Decline of the Arrabal -- Across Europe -- The Effects of Ugliness -- The Suburbs Threaten the Center -- The Crisis of the Paris Banlieues -- From France through Europe -- European Contagion? -- The Architects' Dream -- The Grands Ensembles -- Subtopia West to East, an Ecumenical Embrace -- Demolition, Future or Present? -- Immigrants Instead of Workers? -- A Question of Esthetics -- Chapter 4 Crema Catalana -- Barcelona and La Sagrera -- Barcelona and Its Residents -- Our District -- Chapter 5 Architecture Washes Whiter -- Chapter 6 Italian Cities, C & G (Cool & Garbage) -- Milan-Bangalore Still Cool -- Chapter 7 Th e New Banks of Happiness.

Franco La Cecla is a renowned anthropologist and architect. In 2005 he founded Architecture Social Impact Assessment (ASIA), an agency that evaluates the social impact of architectural and city planning projects. He is currently in production with Radiotelevisione Italiana on a series based on Against Architecture.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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