The Ciam Discourse on Urbanism, 1928-1960

List of Illustrations vii Foreword xi Kenneth Frampton Acknowledgments xvii Introduction 1(8) CIAM, 1928-1930 9(50) Modern Architects' Congress, 1928 9(7) CIAM 1, La Sarraz, Switzerland, 1928 16(8) La Sarraz Declaration 24(3) CIAM 2, Frankfurt, 1929: The Existenzminimum 27(17) Le Corbusier, the Green City, and His ``Response to Moscow'' 44(5) CIAM 3, Brussels, 1930: Rational Lot Development 49(10) The Functional City, 1931--1939 59(72) The Theme of the Functional City 59(7) Application Case: Barcelona, 1932 66(7) CIAM 4, 1933: The Functional City 73(18) CIAM, 1933--1936 91(13) CIAM 5, Paris, 1937: Dwelling and Recreation 104(13) Transplanting CIAM, 1: England, 1937--1942 117(6) Transplanting CIAM, 2: America and Europe, 1938--1939 123(8) CIAM and the Postwar World, 1939--1950 131(70) CIAM as Propaganda: Sert's Can Our Cities Survive? 131(11) The New York CIAM Chapter for Relief and Postwar Planning, 1943--1945 142(8) The New Monumentality 150(3) Le Corbusier and ASCORAL, 1940--1946 153(6) CIAM, 1946--1947 159(4) The New Empiricism 163(5) CIAM 6, Bridgwater, England, 1947 168(11) CIAM 7, Bergamo, Italy, 1949 179(19) ``Concerning Architectural Culture'': Zevi's Critique of CIAM 198(3) From the ``Heart of the City'' to the End of CIAM 201(66) CIAM 8, Hoddesdon, England, 1951: The Heart of the City 201(14) In Search of ``Habitat'': Sigtuna, Sweden, 1952 215(10) CIAM 9, Aix-en-Provence, 1953: The Charter of Habitat 225(13) Team 10 and CIAM 10, Dubrovnik, 1956 238(20) CIAM `59 in Otterlo and the End of CIAM 258(9) After CIAM 267(8) Appendix: Chronology of CIAM and CIAM-CIRPAC Meetings 275(2) Notes 277(66) Bibliography 343(18) Figure Credits 361(2) Index 363