Post Urbanism & ReUrbanism: Michigan Debates on Urbanism, Vol. 3 | 
| Authors: Barbara Littenberg, Steven Peterson, George Baird
Creators: Doug Kelbaugh, Peter Eisenman, Roy Strickland
Publisher: University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 595040
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 80
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6.2 x 0.5
ISBN: 1891197363
Dewey Decimal Number: 720
EAN: 9781891197369
ASIN: 1891197363
Publication Date: February 15, 2005
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Product Description
This volume is one of three books in The Michigan Debates on Urbanism, a series that also features Everyday Urbanism and New Urbanism. Each book represents a distinct, inevitable, but still-emerging paradigm in contemporary urbanism, and is an elaboration of public debates held at the University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning during the winter of 2004. Peter Eisenman, acclaimed New York architect, author and theorist, presents several of his recent projects, including his team's entry for the controversial Ground Zero competition at the World Trade Center site in lower Manhattan. This project and the larger body of his work are termed Post Urbanist by the series editor Douglas Kelbaugh. Post Urbanism refers to a critical, post-structuralist project, expressing avant-garde sensibilities and the techno-flow of a globalizing society. Barbara Littenberg and partner Steven Peterson, also well-known design practitioners from New York, present their entry into the Ground Zero competition, as well as other urban design projects that are characterized as ReUrbanism. Each side takes strong exception to the other's work, leading to a heated discussion moderated by Roy Strickland, Director of the Master of Urban Design program at Taubman College.
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 perfect! August 14, 2006
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 interesting, but could be longer July 21, 2005
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Since this book is part of a series, I think you get the full effect of the Michigan debates if you read all three. With all three you gain a better understanding of the existing stands on urbanism today. If you're familiar with Eisenman and Peterson/Littengurg, they tend to say what they usually say and of course disagree with each other at times. But for some reason Eisenman doesn't put in all the effective vocabulary that he usually does in other debates. In fact he barely describes his project. Petterson/Littenburg on the other hand go on extensively, and in detail. The merit of the book lies in that it documents what the schools of urbanism argure for today. However, it would have been nice if the whole series went more in depth.
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