Community architect : the life and vision of Clarence S. Stein / Kristin E. Larsen.

By:

Larsen, Kristin E, 1962- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)Content type:

text
still image
cartographic image

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781501706141
1501706144

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Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification:

720.92 23

LOC classification:

NA737.S638 L37 2017

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Contents:

The garden city idea -- Early years and architectural training -- A thinkers' network and the City Housing Corporation -- The architect as houser -- The Radburn idea -- The regional city and town planning -- International initiatives and building a legacy.

Summary: Clarence S. Stein was an architect, housing visionary, regionalist, policymaker, and colleague of some of the most influential public figures of the early to mid 20th-century, including Lewis Mumford and Benton MacKaye. Kristin E. Larsen's biography examines his built and unbuilt projects and his intellectual legacy as a proponent of the 'garden city' for for a modern age.

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Previously issued in print: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Clarence S. Stein was an architect, housing visionary, regionalist, policymaker, and colleague of some of the most influential public figures of the early to mid 20th-century, including Lewis Mumford and Benton MacKaye. Kristin E. Larsen's biography examines his built and unbuilt projects and his intellectual legacy as a proponent of the 'garden city' for for a modern age.