TY - BOOK ID - 77878262 TI - From a cause to a style PY - 2007 SN - 1282157930 9786612157936 1400827582 9781400827589 9781282157934 9780691129570 0691129576 6612157933 PB - Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press DB - UniCat KW - Modernism (Aesthetics) KW - City planning KW - Architecture and society KW - Aesthetics KW - Cities and towns KW - Civic planning KW - Land use, Urban KW - Model cities KW - Redevelopment, Urban KW - Slum clearance KW - Town planning KW - Urban design KW - Urban development KW - Urban planning KW - Land use KW - Planning KW - Art, Municipal KW - Civic improvement KW - Regional planning KW - Urban policy KW - Urban renewal KW - Architecture KW - Architecture and sociology KW - Society and architecture KW - Sociology and architecture KW - History KW - Social aspects KW - Government policy KW - Management KW - Human factors KW - 711.4 KW - 72.01 KW - 72.036 KW - Amerika KW - Verenigde Staten KW - Stedenbouw (kritiek) KW - Architectuur (kritiek) KW - Architectuurkritiek KW - Modernisme (architectuur) KW - Modernistische architectuur UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77878262 AB - Modernism in architecture and urban design has failed the American city. This is the decisive conclusion that renowned public intellectual Nathan Glazer has drawn from two decades of writing and thinking about what this architectural movement will bequeath to future generations. In From a Cause to a Style, he proclaims his disappointment with modernism and its impact on the American city. Writing in the tradition of legendary American architectural critics Lewis Mumford and Jane Jacobs, Glazer contends that modernism, this new urban form that signaled not just a radical revolution in style but a social ambition to enhance the conditions under which ordinary people lived, has fallen short on all counts. The articles and essays collected here--some never published before, all updated--reflect his ideas on subjects ranging from the livable city and public housing to building design, public memorials, and the uses of public space. Glazer, an undisputed giant among public intellectuals, is perhaps best known for his writings on ethnicity and social policy, where the unflinching honesty and independence of thought that he brought to bear on tough social questions has earned him respect from both the Left and the Right. Here, he challenges us to face some difficult truths about the public places that, for better or worse, define who we are as a society. From a Cause to a Style is an exhilarating and thought-provoking book that raises important questions about modernist architecture and the larger social aims it was supposed to have addressed-and those it has abandoned. ER -