CMYK Sitte, Hegemann, and the Metropolis brings together rich perspectives on the thought, practice and enduring legacy of leading figures from the great era of town planning and civic art from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The essays in this volume, from leading scholars in architectural history, architecture and urban design reveal the extraordinary and long-overlooked early modern work in city planning that included the practical application of timeless principles of urban design as well as innovation in the design and restructuring of blocks, streets and public spaces to accommodate massive social, economic, and technological changes. The era was punctuated by two path-breaking publications, Camillo Sitte’s Der Städtebau published in 1889 and Werner Hegemann and Elbert Peets’ The American Vitruvius: An Architects’ Handbook of Civic Art published in 1922. The first section of the book probes the origin and the impact of the picturesque and modern motifs in Sitte’s thought and work, including some of his rarely discussed projects in Eastern Europe. The second section documents the rich international and interdisciplinary exchanges that propagated Sitte and his followers’ thoughts within Europe and to the Americas. The last part analyzes Werner Hegemann’s theory and, in particular, his response to the dynamic metropolitan context of the first half of the twentieth century. Together, the twenty essays resume the international dialog on modern civic art and reconsider Sitte, Hegemann and their peers—including Charles Buls, Monneret de Villard, Thomas Mawson, Gustavo Giovannoni, Marcel Poëte, Cornelius Gurlitt, Albert Brinckmann, Otto Wagner, Adolf Loos, Daniel Burnham, Raymond Unwin, Elbert Peets, John Nolen, Charles Mulford Robinson—in light of contemporary movements in urban regeneration, livable community design, and sustainable development. Charles C. Bohl is an Associate Professor and Director of the Knight Program in Community Building at the University of Miami School of Architecture. Jean-François Lejeune is an architect and Professor of Architecture, Urban Design and History at the University of Miami School of Architecture. ARCHITECTURE / URBAN DESIGN “Reflecting …. on one of the most creative periods in the evolution of city design, this book demonstrates that the problems faced then have many parallels with the problems faced now.” Matthew Carmona, The Bartlett School of Planning, University College London “Taken collectively, the essays in this remarkable book …. highlight the often hidden and unacknowledged role Sitte has played in the history of the modern city. The book should be read by anyone interested in the intellectual evolution of modern urbanism.” Dr. Karla Britton, Yale University School of Architecture “This is an extremely important book because it heralds an era when urban planners were doing what they should be doing: making great cities. This book helps us connect the past to the future and makes a 21st century case for a place-making of our own, one that creates cities that are sustainable, socially just, and, at the same time - beautiful.” Emily Talen, Arizona State University School of Geographical Sciences Cover illustration: Adolf Loos (1870-1933). Detail of the manuscript sheet containing plan, elevation and perspective hand sketches related to Loos’ and Engelmann’s Plan für Erweiterung und Regulierung der inneren Stadt Wien auf Grund des Baustands von Jahr 1859 (plan for the expansion and regularization of the inner center of Vienna on the basis of the situation in 1859), c.1909-12. Source: Albertina, Vienna, Architektursammlung, ALA 408. 9 780415 424073 ISBN 978-0-415-42407-3 New Urban Press www.routledge.com