Heteropolis (23 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Softcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. In an age dominated by nationalism and ethnic conflict, Charles Jencks argues that these reactionary tendencies can be countered by an equally powerful drive - heterophilia: the love of difference, the desire to seek out new experience and curiosity. All of these are essential to the creation of a new form of city, the heteropolis, epitomized by Los Angeles. With over one hundred ethnic groups, forty different lifestyle clusters, eighty languages spoken in the schools, and extraordinarily different flora and fauna, Los Angeles' diversity has now become one of its main drawing points, and problems. Precariously balanced between civil unrest and the creative enjoyment of difference, it is something towards which other world cities, with their mass-migration and global trade are heading. The hetero-architecture of Los Angeles suggests a way beyond the present impasse between the fundamentalists and the multiculturalists, a third position which diffuses confrontation with creative displacement and inclusive eclecticism. The strange beauty of hetero-architecture embraces variety, its informality allows marginalized groups to feel at home and its unusual metaphors suggest our connection to the natural world. Frank Gehry, Eric Owen Moss, Morphosis, Frank Israel and Charles Moore are its visible leaders, but there is also a vernacular and funk version of the genre as well as the populist versions of Jon Jerde and Disneyland. The philosophy of hetero-architecture accepts difference as a necessity and turns it into a virtue with an informal aesthetic at once polyglot, abstract and representational - that is radically eclectic and inclusive in an understated way. The 'L.A. Style', as it is known, bears affinities with other aesthetics such as the Wabi and Sabi style of the Japanese. With many world cities now facing increasing pluralization, the heteropolis is bound to become a major urban form of the future. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Dampness has seeped into more than just the cover. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.…

First edition (per "First published . . ." statement upon copyright page). 144 pages. Hardcover: H 28.5cm x L 22.25cm. Dust jacket rubbed with some scuffs at edges. Black boards. Remnant of removed label on front free endpaper; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. ISBN 1854901869.

Paperback. Condition: Good+/NO DUSTJACKET. First Edition. London, UK: Academy Editions. Good+/NO DUSTJACKET. (1993). First Edition. Paperback. 4to., 144 pp., shelfwear, writing on title page . Black & White/Color Illus. & Photos (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, As Issued. 1st. First edition. Published London: Academy Editions/Ernst & Sohn, 1993, first printing. Self-cover 4to. wrappers, 8 5/8" x 11." 144 p., illustrated with color photos. Very good, clean, attractive copy.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

paperback. Condition: Good.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Fine. Used book that is in almost brand-new condition. May contain a remainder mark. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.…

Paperback. Charles Jencks, John Wiley and Sons Ltd. In this monograph, Charles Jencks provides a new classification for the global city of the future, for its social and architectural structure and style: the heteropolis. He views Los Angeles as the world's foremost heteropolis where all the contradictions come true. Multicultural, Third World, super rich, minoritorized, high-tech, sprawling with over 100 communities and now riot torn - it represents the future of the global city, and it has invented a new style of hetero-architecture which is both provocatively fresh and suitable to its pluralism. The hetero-architecture of Los Angeles suggests a way beyond the present impasse between the fundamentalists and the multiculturalists, a third position which diffuses confrontation with creative displacement and inclusive eclecticism. The strange beauty of hetero-architecture embraces variety, its informality allows marginalized groups to feel at home, and its unusual metaphors suggest our connection to the natural world. Frank Gehry, Eric Owen Moss, Morphosis, Frank Israel and Charles Moore are its visible leaders, but there is also a vernacular and funk version of the genre as well as the populist versions of Jon Jerde and Disneyland. The philosophy of hetero-architecture accepts difference as a necessity and turns it into a virtue with an informal aesthetic at once polyglot, abstract and representational - that is radically eclectic and inclusive in an understated way. The "LA Style", as it is known, has affinities with other aesthetics such as the Wabi and Sabi style of the Japanese. With many world cities now facing increasing pluralization, the heteropolis is bound to become a major urban form of the future. This richly illustrated book is aimed at architects, city planners and urbanists, sociologists, geographers, philosophers of Liberalism, and the general reader. Paperback.…

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,800grams, ISBN:9781854902061.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1100grams, ISBN:9781854901866.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Pages slightly yellowed. Text block foxed. Dust jacket stained, scratched, bumped and slightly torn at the corners.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,800grams, ISBN:9781854902061. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A crisp, clean Near Fine copy with a touch of foxing to the top edges in a bright, clean, Near Fine mylar-protected lightly rubbed dust jacket. 144 pp., with over 100 illustrations mostly in color. Features work by Frank Gehry, Morphosis, Eric Owen Moss, Charles Moore and many others.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Previous owner's name present, otherwise clean and with little sign of use. All proceeds of sale go to LOROS, a Hospice Charity serving Leicestershire and Rutland.

Condition: see description. 8vo, (22x28cm), 144pp, colour illustrated card covers, overall condition fine. Numerous fine colour illustrations and photos. A study of society and of heterolpolia- 'a love of difference and the desire to seek out new experience and curiosity.' How heteralist architects believed they could confront problems of nationalism and ethnic conflict through their eclectic styles of architecture. 0.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. hardback book and dust jacket in near fine condition.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st UK edition. First UK edition 1993, first printing. Published by Academy Editions. Large softcover without DJ as issued. Condition as new, square and tight book, corners not bumped, no edgewear, very slight shelfwear, no names, no underlinings, no highlights, no bent page corners, not a reminder. 4to, 144 pages, illustrated with over 100 images, mostly in color.…

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.