Here Comes the Sun: Architecture and Public Space in Twentieth-Century European Cities

by Worpole, Ken

• ISBN13: 9781861890733
• ISBN10: 1861890737
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

Summary

"Here Comes the Sun" looks at how social reformers, urban planners, and architects in the early twentieth century tried to remake the city in the image of a sunlit, ordered utopia. Worpole concentrates less on buildings and more on the spaces in-between-parks, public squares, open-air museums, public pools, even cemeteries. Life in the open was of particular concern to early urban planners and reformers, with their dreams of release from the confines of overcrowded slums. Worpole demonstrates how open-air public spaces became sought-after commissions for many early modernist architects. Ken Worpole has written a number of books on urban and cultural policy, most recently "Cemetery in the City" (1997) and "Richer Futures: Fashioning a New Politics" (1998).

Author Biography

Ken Worpole has written a number of pamphlets and books on urban and cultural policy, most recently Cemetery in the City (1997) and Richer Futures: Fashioning a New Politics (1998).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	7	(2)
The Body and the City: An Introductory Essay	9	(16)
Here Comes the Sun: Port Sunlight, Town Planning and the New Life	25	(10)
Our Northern Hearts: Architecture, Design and the Art of Right Living	35	(14)
Live Out of Doors as Much as You Can: The Architecture of Public Health	49	(20)
Bring the Landscape into the House: Housing for the New Society	69	(17)
Parks, Pleasure Gardens and the Democracy of the Open Air	86	(27)
Summer in the City: The Cult of the Lido	113	(16)
Limits to Growth: Nature and Society Restored	129	(26)
Coda: Beneath City Skies: New Parks in Europe	141	(14)
References	155	(10)
Index	165	(3)
Photographic Acknowledgements	168