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Delirious New York

A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan - C-Format
BuchKartoniert, Paperback
320 Seiten
Englisch
Phaidonerschienen am01.12.1997
Since its original publication in 1978, Delirious New York has attained mythic status. Back in print in a newly designed edition, this influential cultural, architectural, and social history of New York is even more popular, selling out its first printing on publication. Rem Koolhaas's celebration and analysis of New York depicts the city as a metaphor for the incredible variety of human behavior. At the end of the nineteenth century, population, information, and technology explosions made Manhattan a laboratory for the invention and testing of a metropolitan lifestyle -- "the culture of congestion" -- and its architecture. "Manhattan," he writes, "is the 20th century's Rosetta Stone . . . occupied by architectural mutations (Central Park, the Skyscraper), utopian fragments (Rockefeller Center, the U.N. Building), and irrational phenomena (Radio City Music Hall)." Koolhaas interprets and reinterprets the dynamic relationship between architecture and culture in a number of telling episodes of New York's history, including the imposition of the Manhattan grid, the creation of Coney Island, and the development of the skyscraper. Delirious New York is also packed with intriguing and fun facts and illustrated with witty watercolors and quirky archival drawings, photographs, postcards, and maps. The spirit of this visionary investigation of Manhattan equals the energy of the city itself.mehr

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KlappentextSince its original publication in 1978, Delirious New York has attained mythic status. Back in print in a newly designed edition, this influential cultural, architectural, and social history of New York is even more popular, selling out its first printing on publication. Rem Koolhaas's celebration and analysis of New York depicts the city as a metaphor for the incredible variety of human behavior. At the end of the nineteenth century, population, information, and technology explosions made Manhattan a laboratory for the invention and testing of a metropolitan lifestyle -- "the culture of congestion" -- and its architecture. "Manhattan," he writes, "is the 20th century's Rosetta Stone . . . occupied by architectural mutations (Central Park, the Skyscraper), utopian fragments (Rockefeller Center, the U.N. Building), and irrational phenomena (Radio City Music Hall)." Koolhaas interprets and reinterprets the dynamic relationship between architecture and culture in a number of telling episodes of New York's history, including the imposition of the Manhattan grid, the creation of Coney Island, and the development of the skyscraper. Delirious New York is also packed with intriguing and fun facts and illustrated with witty watercolors and quirky archival drawings, photographs, postcards, and maps. The spirit of this visionary investigation of Manhattan equals the energy of the city itself.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-1-885254-00-9
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr1997
Erscheinungsdatum01.12.1997
Seiten320 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht930 g
Illustrationen4-COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS THROUGHOUT
Artikel-Nr.10333200
Rubriken
GenreKunst/Architektur

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Delirious New YorkIntroductionPrehistoryConey Island: The Technology of the FantasticThe Double Life of Utopia: The SkyscraperThe Frontier in the SkyThe Skyscraper TheoristsThe Lives of a Block: The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and the Empire State BuildingDefinitive Instability: The Downtown Athletic ClubHow Perfect Perfection Can Be: The Creation of Rockefeller CenterThe Talents of Raymond HoodAll the Rockefeller CentersRadio City Music Hall: The Fun Never SetsKremlin on Fifth Avenue2 PostscriptsEuropeans: Biuer! Dali and Le Corbusier Conquer New YorkPostmortemAppendix: A Fictional ConclusionNotesAcknowledgmentsCreditsmehr