By Serge Chermayeff, Christopher Alexander
Community and Privacy (1963)
£25.00
Published by Doubleday & Company in 1963, this work by Serge Chermayeff and Christopher Alexander explores the relationship between community needs and individual privacy in urban planning.
By Serge Chermayeff, Christopher Alexander
Community and Privacy (1963)
£25.00
Published by Doubleday & Company in 1963, this work by Serge Chermayeff and Christopher Alexander explores the relationship between community needs and individual privacy in urban planning.
Format: Hardcover
Condition: Used (good)
Publisher: Doubleday & Company
Year: 1963
Description
Published by Doubleday & Company in 1963, this work by Serge Chermayeff and Christopher Alexander explores the relationship between community needs and individual privacy in urban planning.
Synopsis:
Community and Privacy: Toward a New Architecture of Humanism addresses the balance between collective living and individual spaces in modern architecture. Serge Chermayeff and Christopher Alexander draw on their expertise to propose a new way of thinking about urban planning, promoting architectural designs that enhance human dignity and well-being. This book remains a key text for students of architecture and town planning.
Condition Report
The dust cover shows edge wear with a few small tears and a patina effect. The boards are in good condition with a lighter patina. There is tanning inside the dust cover and along the edges of some flyleaves. There is a retail pen mark at the bottom right corner of the FFEP and another on the top right corner of the first paste down. There is light tanning to some of the pages, mainly to the right edge. A very small amount of marginalia is present, with only a few words underlined on one page. Overall, pages are clean and the binding is firm. The book is in good to very good condition.