Design of the cumulative city
By: Christian F. Otto ... [et al.]
Contributors: Otto, Christian F
Series: Preston H. Thomas memorial lectures -- spring 1978
Publisher: Dept. of Architecture, College of Architecture, Art and Planning, Cornell University
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Ithaca, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
Subjects: Architecture -- Congresses; City planning -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Notes: "Recent traditions and present positions in urban design theory"--Prelim

Includes bibliographical references
Table of contents: value: Preface / Christian F. Otto; value: Introduction / Anthony Vidler; value: Recent traditions. Contextual significance of Le Corbusier's Ville Contemporaine / Peter Serenyi ; Planning the past : fascism and the historic downtown / Spiro Kostof ; Perret's Le Havre / Peter Collins; value: Present positions. A humanist city - Berlin / Matthias O. Ungers ; Berne, Switzerland, or a tale about Aesthetic sedimentation / Franz Oswald ; Street and square / Robert Krier ; Who wants it, who needs it? / Charles Moore; value: Summary and conclusion / Colin Rowe; value: Appendix / Bernhard Hoesli on instant history