Urban Utopias in the Twentieth Century: Ebenezer Howard, Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier
New York: Basic Books, 1977. First/First. Hardcover. Black cloth over boards with chocolate brown lettering. bw illustrated dj with brown lettering. 332 pp. with several bw illus. VG-/Good+ (Clean and tight but with light foxing at page ends when closed. Sunning and some foxing to dj but no tears or chips. Previous price sticker inside front cover.). Item #144813
Plans by each of the three eminent architects are presented in depth, in an attempt to answer the question, "Is there an ideal city for the 20th century, a city that best combines the power and beauty of modern technology with the most enlightened ideas of social justice?" Included is Howard's Garden City, Wright's Broadacres and Le Corbusier's Radiant City, all with Utopian origins, and relating these visions/ideals to our current urban crises and continuating search for utopian perfection.
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