In this illustrated talk (the text of the 2007 Raoul Wallenberg lecture), the author, architect and urban designer Daniel Solomon discusses the fragility of public space and the uses of architecture in relation to "community design," proposing the model of a "cosmopolis" in which the needs of society are fostered and met. Solomon has an instinctive understanding of what is at stake and what needs to be recovered in the public realm, and addresses these subjects with urgent candor. He observes that architects and urban ...
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In this illustrated talk (the text of the 2007 Raoul Wallenberg lecture), the author, architect and urban designer Daniel Solomon discusses the fragility of public space and the uses of architecture in relation to "community design," proposing the model of a "cosmopolis" in which the needs of society are fostered and met. Solomon has an instinctive understanding of what is at stake and what needs to be recovered in the public realm, and addresses these subjects with urgent candor. He observes that architects and urban designers very rarely stray into "community design" (a term he acknowledges as an oxymoron, since how can one possibly "design" a community?), and that while at least a discourse exists for environmental issues in cities, there is almost none for "cosmopolitan" issues, and that architecture schools need to include the conception of a cosmopolis in their pedagogy.
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Add this copy of Cosmopolis: By Daniel Solomon (Michigan Architecture to cart. $59.15, good condition, Sold by Zoom Books Company rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lynden, WA, UNITED STATES, published 2015 by University of Michigan, Taubman College of Archite.
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Add this copy of Cosmopolis (Michigan Architecture Papers 13) to cart. $200.00, like new condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 2008 by University o Michigan.
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2008
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Fine. First edition. Introduction by Douglas Kelbaugh. Illustrated from black and white and color photographs. Fine in buff wrappers. Inscribed by professor and architect Douglas Kelbaugh to fellow author Nicholas Delbanco. Published to commemorate the Raul Wallenberg Lecture given by Daniel Soloman and Taubman College on March 26, 2007.
