From a Cause to a Style : Modernist Architecture's encounter with the American City

In From a Cause to a Style , Glazer proclaims his disappointment with modernism and its impact on the American city. Writing in the tradition of legendary American architectural critics Lewis Mumford and Jane Jacobs, he contends that modernism, this new urban form that signaled not just a radical revolution in style but a social ambition to enhance the conditions under which ordinary people lived, has fallen short on all counts. The articles and essays collected here reflect his ideas on subjects ranging from the livable city and public housing to building design, public memorials, and the uses of public space.