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TheNewRegionalPattern
IndustriesandGardens
—Workshops
andFarms
byL.Hilberseimer,
ProfessorofCityplanningattheIllinoisInstituteofTech¬
nology.AuthorofTHENEWCITYandmanyotherbookson
architectureandplanning.
Inthisnewbook—acompanionvolumetohisTHENEW
CITY(nowoutofprint)—theauthordemonstratesagainthe
soundnessandpracticabilityofhisplanningtheories.
Buthereheisdealingwith,andapplyingtheseplanning-
principlesonalargescale,reachingfarbeyondthecity's
boundariesintoadjacentregions,integratingagriculture
andindustryandmergingvastterritoryintoanorganicself-
sufficiententity.
Andheretheauthorbringstogetheranimmenseamountof
heretoforeunavailableinformationonthisvitalphaseof
planning.Heunfoldsagrandplanforbetterliving,treating
thewholecomplexsubjectasamajorsocial,economicand
politicalproblem.
Thebenefitsofregionalplanningaremany.Guidedbyan
unselfishspirititcanrestoreorderinthepresentchaosand
regeneratethelifeofthepeople.
Aplannedintegrationofagricultureandindustrycanbring
oureconomiclifeintoasoundandstablebalance.
Byanorganicdevelopmentoftheenvironment,towardthe
establishmentofthegoodlife,regionalplanningcancreate
theconditiontohelpuspreserveourresourcesandour
verylife.
Inthepresentvolumeagoodpartisgiventohistoricalcon¬
siderationtogetherwithfacts,waysandmeansofachieving
thistaskofregionalplanning.NoUtopiandreamer,Hilber-
seimer'splansareentirelyfeasibleandhisbookshouldbe
readbymanypeoplesofdiverseprofessions.
UniforminformatwithTHENEWCITY,
8V2
x11.200pages
oftextand125photographs,plans,linedrawingsand
diagrams.
AbouttheAuthor
ProfessorHilberseimeristheauthorofseveralwell-known
books:THENEWCITY,INTERNAZIONALEBAUKHUNST
(InternationalArchitecture),GROSSTADTARCHITEKTUR
(ArchitectureoftheMetropolis),BETONALSGESTALTER
(ConcreteasaFormativeElement),andHALLENBAUTEN
(Auditoriums).Thelatterwaswrittenasarequestedtreatise
forHANDBUCHDERARCHITEKTUR—thelargestencyclo¬
pedicreferenceworkonarchitecture.
ForfiveyearsProfessorHilberseimertaughtattheBauhaus
ofDessauwherehefoundedtheDepartmentofCityPlan¬
ning.In1938hecametotheUnitedStatestolive.Eversince
t
hisarrivalherehehasheldthepositionofProfessorofCity
PlanningattheSchoolofArchitectureoftheIllinoisInstitute
ofTechnologyinChicago.
JacketDesignby
WilliamFleming
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