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With Points + Lines: Diagrams and Projects for the City, influential architect and theorist Stan Allen proposes a series of new architectural strategies for the contemporary city. Organized in the form of a user's manual, it juxtaposes texts outlining Allen's theoretical principles with his projects, in which those principles are demonstrated in practice. Finding inspiration in the artistic minimalism and postminimalism of the 1970s, Allen uses the city's vitality and infrastructure to support projects that reflect and augment the urban experience. Included in this volume are three essays by…
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1 edition- Paperback · English · 1999Points and LinesPrinceton Architectural Press · 144 pages · 9781568981550
Themes, motivesModern ArchitectureInternational Architectural practiceArchitecture, designs and plansCity planning