Denise Scott Brown’s Nonjudgmental Perspective: Cross-Fertilization between Urban Sociology and Architecture

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Preface 9
4. Introduction: Portraits of an Architect 13
5. Part I 1950s: Learning
6. On the Outside Looking Around: “Mine is an African View of Las Vegas” 22
7. Recollections I: Man Made Johannesburg 48
8. Encountering Architectural History in 1950s London 58
9. The Function of Functionalism for Denise Scott Brown 70
10. Recollections II: The Mutual Experience—in Giuseppe Vaccaro’s Office in Rome 88
11. Denise Scott Brown’s Nonjudgmental Perspective: Cross-Fertilization between Urban Sociology and Architecture 98
12. Part II 1960s: Teaching
13. Teaching “Determinants of Urban Form” at the University of Pennsylvania, 1960–1964 108
14. Recollections III: Learning from Denise Scott Brown and Paul Davidoff 124
15. Positioning Denise Scott Brown: Los Angeles, 1965–1966 133
16. With Lots of Love: South Street, 1968–1972 156
17. Learning from Co-op City, or What Price Aesthetics? 166
18. On Camp, Revolutionariness, and Architecture 173
19. “Strange” Appearances: On Pop Art, Hamburgers, and Urbanists 182
20. Part III 1970s –2020s: Designing
21. Recollections IV: Denise and Bob on My Mind 198
22. “Make Little Plans”: Scott Brown at the Fiftieth Anniversary of CIAM 206
23. Exile and Redemption: Denise Scott Brown, Josef Frank, and the Meanings of Postmodernism 216
24. Context I: Looking at the Real World. Interview with Jacques Herzog 225
25. The Rule of Flux. Notes on Denise Scott Brown and Venice 229
26. Context II: On Homelessness, Housing, and Hospices 246
27. Evidently—On “Learning from Everything” 250
28. Recollections V: Exploring Denise Scott Brown’s Methods 256
29. Epilogue
30. Evidently—On “Learning from Everything” 270
31. “So You’d Like To See The World?” 289
32. Bibliography 296
33. Contributors 308
34. Image Credits 310