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Modernism in architecture and urban design has failed the American city. This is the decisive conclusion that renowned public intellectual Nathan Glazer has drawn from two decades of writing and thinking about what this architectural movement will bequeath to future generations. In From a... read more
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When we "build for the public"-our government buildings, our courthouses, our schools and colleges and universities, and we can extend the list to other public buildings-we imply that there is some legitimacy in the response of the public: whether it uses the building or not, whether it likes it or not, whether it feels it is an embellishment of the public life, worthy of admiration and pride, or not.
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- Nathan Glazer (Author)
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