Big Plans by Kenneth Kolson
Big Plans: The Allure and Folly of Urban Design springs from the idea that human aspirations for the city tend to overstate the role of rationality in public life. Inspired by the architectural and urban criticism of such writers as Lewis Mumford, Jane Jacobs, and John Brinckerhoff Jackson, Kolson adopts a user's perspective on issues of urban design, an approach that highlights both the futility of social engineering and the resilience of the human spirit.
[ Big Plans] is a book that should be read by all those people, and there seem to be more of them as week chases week, who are thinking about the fate of lower Manhattan right now-- Joe Mysak Bloomberg News Kenneth Kolson has lots of material: Some of what's been built in cities lately is astonishing and not in a good way. -- Anthony Flint Boston Globe Kolson is a passionate critic of urban schemes, with well-founded skepticism about the role rationality has played in designing them. -- Gail Lee Dubrow Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 2004 A fascinating read about the utopian goal of Big Plans and the dystopian reality of lived experience. Design Issues 2004
Kenneth Kolson is a writer living in Alexandria, Virginia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780801877308 |
| ISBN 10 | 080187730X |
| Title | Big Plans |
| Author | Kenneth Kolson |
| Series | Center Books On Contemporary Landscape Design |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Year published | 2003-12-29 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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