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Original essays in this book written by an international range of recognised theorists investigate how the cultures of the town and the countryside interact in architecture.

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Author:   Andrew Ballantyne (Newcastle University, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.362kg
ISBN:  

9780415552134

ISBN 10:   0415552133
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   04 November 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Rural and Urban Milieux Andrew Ballantyne and Gillian Ince 2. Villeggiatura in the Urban Context of Renaissance Rome: Paul III Farnese’s Villa-Tower on the Campidoglio Antonella De Michelis 3. Rural Urbanism Dana Arnold 4. Anti-Urban Utopia in the German Aufklarung: The Ideology of Friedrich Wilhelm von Erdmannsdorff’s Architecture Marc Brabant 5. Urban Meets Rural: A Study of Three Eighteenth-Century Retreats on the Isle of Wight Stewart Abbott 6. The Picturesque Bourgeois House at the Edges of the Neo-Classical City Philippe Gresset 7. Rural Buildings and the Search of a ‘Regional’ Architecture in Belgium Leen Meganck and Linda van Santvoort 8. Nature and the City in 1920s America: Sunnyside Gardens, Queens, New York Bruce Thomas 9. Rurality as a Locus of Modernity: Romanian Interwar Architecture Carmen Popescu 10. Is the Kibbutz a ‘Radiant Village’?: Le Corbusier and the Zionist Movement Marina Epstein-Pliouchtch and Tzafrir Fainholtz 11. An Unlikely Influence: Le Corbusier and the Garden City Movement Emma Dummett 12. From the ‘Model Village’ to a Satellite town: Reading Change in Temelli through the Transformation of its Residential Landscape Ali Cengizkan and Didem Kilickiran

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