Item #39209 Urban Structures for the Future. Justus DAHINDEN.
Urban Structures for the Future.
Urban Structures for the Future.
Urban Structures for the Future.
Urban Structures for the Future.
Urban Structures for the Future.

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Urban Structures for the Future.

NY: Praeger Publishers, Inc., 1972. First US edition. 4to. Red cloth. 220pp. Dw. front cover reproduces "Pneumacosm for Manhattan" by Haus-Rucker-Co. Translated by Gerald Onn. Well-illustrated throughout.

Includes descriptive sections on various theoretical approaches, from cellular agglomerates (Haus-Rucker-Co.) to Clip-on and Plug-in architecture (the Metabolists and Archigram), grid structures (Yona Friedman, Constant), containers (Buckminster Fuller and Frei Otto), marine structures (Tange and Kikutake), and the megastructures of Paolo Soleri (Arcosanti).

Near Fine in dw. (spine lettering faded).

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