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Community architect : the life and vision of Clarence S. Stein / Kristin E. Larsen.
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Larsen, Kristin E., 1962-
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English
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Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2016.
©2016
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xv, 344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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NA737.S638 L37 2016
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Stein, Clarence S.
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Architects
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United States
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City planners
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Summary note
Clarence S. Stein (1882?1975) was an architect, housing visionary, regionalist, policymaker, and colleague of some of the most influential public figures of the early to mid-twentieth century, including Lewis Mumford and Benton MacKaye. Kristin E. Larsen's biography of Stein comprehensively examines his built and unbuilt projects and his intellectual legacy as a proponent of the "garden city" for a modern age. This examination of Stein?s life and legacy focuses on four critical themes: his collaborative ethic in envisioning policy, design, and development solutions; promotion and implementation of 'investment housing;' his revolutionary approach to community design, as epitomized in the Radburn Idea; and his advocacy of communitarian regionalism. His cutting-edge projects such as Sunnyside Gardens in New York City; Baldwin Hills Village in Los Angeles; and Radburn, New Jersey, his 'town for the motor age,' continue to inspire community designers and planners in the United States and around the world. 00Stein was among the first architects to integrate new design solutions and support facilities into large-scale projects intended primarily to house working-class people, and he was a cofounder of the Regional Planning Association of America. As a planner, designer, and, at times, financier of new housing developments, Stein wrestled with the challenges of creating what today we would term 'livable,' 'walkable,' and 'green' communities during the ascendency of the automobile. He managed these challenges by partnering private capital with government funding, as well as by collaborating with colleagues in planning, architecture, real estate, and politics.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The garden city idea
Early years and architectural training
A thinkers' network and the City Housing Corporation
The architect as houser
The Radburn idea
The regional city and town planning
International initiatives and building a legacy.
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9781501702464 (hardcover ; : alkaline paper)
1501702467 (hardcover ; : alkaline paper)
LCCN
2016009141
OCLC
942745109
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