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Collage city

by Colin Rowe, Fred Koetter

This critical reappraisal of urban planning and design rejects grand utopian schemes in favour of a collage city model. It proposes an approach that accommodates diverse architectural visions within the urban context.

Accession 14459 ISBN 9780262680424 Publisher MIT Press
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