The Modern City - Revisited
- New York Spon Press 2000
- 258p.
Foreword by Michael Sorkin p.ix, Introduction Thomas Deckker p.1, PART – 1: Alternative visions p.7, 1. The symphony of the metropolis: Berlin as 'Newlin' in the twentieth century by Bernd Nicolai p.9, 2. Cities of socialism: technology and ideology in the Soviet Union in the 1920s by Catherine Cooke p.26, 3. Le Corbusier and the city without streets by James Dunnett p.56, 4. Towards the functional city? MARS, CIAM and the London plans 1933-42 by John Gold p.80, PART- 2: Vision versus reality p.101, Lubetkin and Peterlee by John Allan p.103, 6. QT8: a neglected chapter in the history of modern town planning by Judi Loach p.125, 7. Birmingham: building the modern city by Andrew Higgott p.150, 8. Brasilia: city versus landscape by Thomas Deckker p.167, PART- 3: The decline of Modernism p.195, Post-war town planning in its mid-life crisis: dilemmas in redevelopment from a policy point of view by Rob Doctor p.197, 10. Looking back on our future: conflicting visions and realities of the modern American city by Paul Adamson p.214, The Modern City revisited- envoi Allen Cunningham p.247, Index p.251