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Visions of Seaside: Foundation/Evolution/Imagination. Built and Unbuilt Architecture

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Time magazine noted that Seaside "could be the most astonishing design achievement of its era…." Visions of Seaside is the most comprehensive book on the history and development of the nation’s first and most influential New Urbanist town. The book chronicles the thirty-year history of the evolution and development of Seaside, Florida, its global influence on town planning, and the resurgence of place-making in the built environment. Through a rich repository of historical materials and writings, the book chronicles numerous architectural and planning schemes, and outlines a blueprint for moving forward over the next twenty-five to fifty years. Among the many contributors are Deborah Berke, Andrés Duany, Steven Holl, Léon Krier, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Aldo Rossi, and Robert A. M. Stern.

Language: English

Pages: 608

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Rizzoli

Release: September 03, 2013

ISBN: 0847841537

ISBN 13: 9780847841530

Visions of Seaside: Foundation/Evolution/Imagination. Built and Unbuilt Architecture

4.4/5 ( ratings)

Time magazine noted that Seaside "could be the most astonishing design achievement of its era…." Visions of Seaside is the most comprehensive book on the history and development of the nation’s first and most influential New Urbanist town. The book chronicles the thirty-year history of the evolution and development of Seaside, Florida, its global influence on town planning, and the resurgence of place-making in the built environment. Through a rich repository of historical materials and writings, the book chronicles numerous architectural and planning schemes, and outlines a blueprint for moving forward over the next twenty-five to fifty years. Among the many contributors are Deborah Berke, Andrés Duany, Steven Holl, Léon Krier, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Aldo Rossi, and Robert A. M. Stern.

Language: English

Pages: 608

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Rizzoli

Release: September 03, 2013

ISBN: 0847841537

ISBN 13: 9780847841530

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