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The functional city : the CIAM and Cornelis van Eesteren, 1928-1960 / Kees Somer ; [editor: Ed Taverne].

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The functional city : the CIAM and Cornelis van Eesteren, 1928-1960 / Kees Somer ; [editor: Ed Taverne].
Author
Somer, Kees.

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  • Amsterdam (Netherlands). Stedelijk Museum.
  • Taverne, Ed.
  • Van Eesteren-Fluck & Van Lohuizen Stichting.
Description
271 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), ports.; 30 cm.
Summary
Dutch architect and planner Cornelis van Eesteren served as president of CIAM, the Congres International d'Architecture Moderne, from 1930 to 1947. His tenure there was steady and influential, but has been little studied, as the rise of Team 10 and then CIAM itself as a global force in the 1950s have obscured the organization's roots as a cooperative that was first embraced by its Dutch and Swiss members. The city analyses that CIAM members conducted for their 1933 congress, chaired by van Eesteren, made an important contribution to what they called "comparative town planning." The Functional City focuses on that legendary fourth congress, held in the summer of 1933; examines van Esteren's legacy; and traces CIAM's early evolution through an abundance of little-known archival material.
Uniform Title
Functionele stad. English
Alternative Title
Functionele stad.
Subjects
ISBN
  • 9056625764
  • 9789056625764
LCCN
2008386160
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries