MEGASTRUCTURE: Urban Futures of the Recent Past
New York: Harper & Row, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. "...traces the evolution, development, theory and practice of the Megastructure movement showing how it attempted to make sense of an (architecturally) incomprehensible condition in the world's cities, to resolve the conflicts between design and spontaneity, the large and the small, the permanent and the transient. Planned or built examples around the world are given ranging from the Cumbernauld Town Center in England, Paul Rudolph's planned Lower Manhattan Expressway, Expo Montreal, Argentina's University in Tucuman, Kenzo Tange's Kofu Communications Center in Japan, Louis Kahn's plans for Philadelphia, Paolo Soleri's projects, and many others, culminating in an unbelievable plan for a 'Comprehensive City' stretching across the United States." Small quarto: 224 pp. with 222 illustrations. Original light brown cloth binding, with gilt-stamped titling. A near fine copy in a price-clipped dust jacket. Near fine / Very good. Item #80512
ISBN: 0064303713
Price: $75.00