City on a Hill - Urban Idealism in America From the Puritans to the Present

From the pilgrims to Las Vegas, hippie communes to the smart city, utopianism has shaped American landscapes. The Puritan small town was the New Jerusalem. Thomas Jefferson dreamed of rational farm grids. Reformers tackled slums through crusades of civic architecture. To understand American space, Krieger looks to the drama of utopian ideals.

About the author

Alex Krieger is Professor in Practice of Urban Design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where he has been honored repeatedly as one of Harvard’s most outstanding teachers. Krieger is coeditor of Mapping Boston and Towns and Town-Making Principles and coauthor of A Design Primer for Cities and Towns. He is also a Principal at NBBJ, a global firm offering services in architecture, urban design, and planning. He is a frequent advisor to mayors and their planning staffs, and has served on a number of national and regional boards and commissions, including the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts.

Summary

From the pilgrims to Las Vegas, hippie communes to the smart city, utopianism has shaped American landscapes. The Puritan small town was the New Jerusalem. Thomas Jefferson dreamed of rational farm grids. Reformers tackled slums through crusades of civic architecture. To understand American space, Alex Krieger looks to the drama of utopian ideals.

Product details

• Authors: Alex Krieger, Krieger Alex
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9780674987999
• ISBN: 978-0-674-98799-9
• No. of pages: 464
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Political Ideologies, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, ARCHITECTURE / Criticism, Public Administration, History of Architecture, History of the Americas, Political ideologies and movements, Theory of architecture, Public administration / Public policy