Coleman, Nathaniel.

Utopias and architectue / Nathaniel Coleman. - London : Routledge, 2005. - ix, 334 p. : ill ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: utopias & architectures? -- Part 1: Conceptualizing utopias: 1. Architecture & orientation - 2. Situating utopias - 3. Real fictions - 4. Varieties of architectural utopias - 5. Postwar possibilities -- Part 2: Optimistic architectures: 6. Le Corbusier's monastic ideal - 7. The life within - 8. Fairy tales & golden dust - 9. Kahn & Salk's challenge to dualistic thinking - 10. Aldo van Eyck's utopian discipline - 11. Story of another idea - 12. The unthinkability of utopia - 13. Into the present.

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Visionary architecture.
Utopias.
Architecture--Philosophy.

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