1979年2月7日 · This book is a critical reappraisal of contemporary theories of urban planning and design and of the role of the architect-planner in an urban context. The authors, rejecting the grand utopian visions of "total planning" and "total design," propose instead a "collage city" which can accommodate a whole range of utopias in miniature.

2024年10月18日 · Collage City, written by Colin Rowe and Fred Koetter, is an influential work on urban planning and design theory. First published in 1978, the book offers a critical perspective on modernist urban planning and examines in depth the evolution of cities in historical context.

2018年9月5日 · In the early 1970’s Colin Rowe and Fred Koetter developed their ideas of a Collage City as an essay, which was expanded and published as a book in 1978. The concept of Collage City is about the principles of modern architecture, their philosophical beginnings, their expressions, and the ways in which they are flawed.

1978年1月1日 · Collage City is a critical re-evaluation of the modernism movement. Rowe and Koetter discuss the fallacies of the modernist movement and note that while Modernist utopian visions were influential, they would ultimately result in uninhabitable cities.

This book is a critical reappraisal of contemporary theories of urban planning and design and of the role of the architect-planner in an urban context. The authors, rejecting the grand utopian visions of “total planning” and “total design,” propose instead a “collage city” which can accommodate a whole range of utopias in miniature.

1984年3月15日 · This book is a critical reappraisal of contemporary theories of urban planning and design and of the role of the architect-planner in an urban context. The authors rejecting the grand utopian visions of "total planning" and "total design," propose instead a "collage city" which can accommodate a whole range of utopias in miniature.

Published in 1978, Collage City took the form of both genealogy and reconstruction. There are five chapters in the book, before which is an Introduction and after which an Excursus.

Showing 5 featured editions. View all 5 editions? Add another edition? Includes bibliography and index. vi, 186p.