{"product_id":"the-idea-of-the-city-9780262631778","title":"The Idea of the City","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis tribute to the late Alvin Boyarsky  Chairman of the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London from 1971 to 1990  offers insights into the city by a roster of leading architects from the United States  Australia  and Europe  in the form of visual projects  analytical essays on the urban condition  case studies of individual cities  histories  lectures  reminiscences  and poetry. The contributions by Rem Koolhaas  Bernard Tschumi  and Peter Eisenman  among others  provide an unparalleled range of thinking about the city by some of todays most important writers and practitioners.  The Idea of the City opens with Boyarskys own study of Chicago  illustrated through the medium of his postcard collection. Themes addressed by other contributors include the role of architecture in our mediated environment  the possibilities for architecture in an age of fragmentation  the defining characteristics of the province and the metropolis  the qualities that contribute to an ideal city  insights into the city gained from the Surrealists  and the relationship between private and public spaces  as well as portfolios of work on urban themes by the likes of Zaha Hadid  Peter Wilson  Raoul Bunschoten  and Peter Salter.  Contents: Chicago a la Carte: The City as Energy System  Alvin Boyarsky. Obsession of Durer  John Hejduk. Architecture in a Mediated Environment  Peter Eisenman. The Calligraphy of the Plan  Zaha Hadid. Atlanta  Rem Koolhaas. Eurolandschaft  Peter Wilson. Holy Truth in Rough  Daniel Libeskind. Architecture and the Ambiguity of Fragment  Dalibor Vesely. The Appliance House  Ben Nicholson. City and Void  Bernard Tschumi. Ecstacity  Nigel Coates. Province and Metropolis II  Leon van Schaik. Taxonomy and Unfolding  Raoul Bunschoten. Bespoke Territory  Peter Salter. An Ideal City  Peter Cook. Bibliography of writings by and interviews with Alvin Boyarsky.  Distributed for the Architectural Association   For sale in the Americas and Australia only\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45652666744885,"sku":"ByrdShop_0262631776","price":290.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780262631778.jpg?v=1781852345","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-idea-of-the-city-9780262631778","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}