Delirious New York : a retroactive manifesto for Manhattan /

Koolhaas, Rem, 1944-

Delirious New York : a retroactive manifesto for Manhattan / Rem Koolhaas. - New ed. - 317 p. ill. (some col.) 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-316).

Prehistory -- Coney Island: the technology of the fantastic -- The double life of Utopia: the skyscraper. The frontier in the sky ; The skyscraper theorists ; The lives of a block: the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and the Empire State Building ; Definitive instability: the Downtown Athletic Club -- How perfect perfection can be: the creation of Rockefeller Center. The talents of Raymond Hood ; All the Rockefeller Centers ; Radio City Music Hall: the fun never sets ; Kremlin on Fifth Avenue ; 2 Postscripts -- Europeans: Biuer! Dal� and Le Corbusier conquer New York -- Postmortem.

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Le Corbusier, 1887-1965


Rockefeller Center.


Stadsplanering
Stadssociologi
Urban planning
Sociology
Architecture--Planning.--United States
urbanism
Arkitektur--F�renta staterna--New York--1900-tal
City planning
Sociology, Urban


Analys och tolkning

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