The Unknown City: Contesting Architecture and Social Space

The Unknown City: Contesting Architecture and Social Space (Paperback) by Alicia Pivaro (Contributor), Iain Borden (Editor), Joe Kerr (Editor), Jane Rendell (Editor) 562 pages Very Good Condition- Gently read. No marks of previous ownership. Very minor light pencil notes on selected pages. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. ________________________ Essays on architecture as narrative and urban space as experience and the new geographies they create. The Unknown City takes its place in the emerging architectural literature that looks beyond design process and buildings to discover new ways of looking at the urban experience. A multistranded contemplation of the notion of "knowing a place," it is about both the existence and the possibilities of architecture and the city. An important inspiration for the book is the work of Henri Lefebvre, in particular his ideas on space as a historical production. Many of the essays also draw on the social critique and tactics of the Situationist movement. The international gathering of contributors includes art, architectural, and urban historians and theorists; urban geographers; architects, artists, and filmmakers; and literary and cultural theorists.