Cosmopolis: Yesterday's Cities of the Future

by Howard Mansfield

Book Overview

The twentieth century saw a grand procession of promises for the city. The great modern architect Le Corbusier dictated cities of glittering white towers planted in green parks, Frank Lloyd proposed cities with no downtown, cities spread across the countryside with each family on its homestead, and skyscraper utopians of the 1920s promised paradise on the one-hundredth floor with our airplane hangared next door.

One thing was sure: the city...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412848598
• ISBN13: 9781412848596
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"