Collaborative genius : the Regional Planning Association of America

Author

Parsons, Kermit C.

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Journal of the American Planning Association. 1994, Num. 4, Vol. 60, 462-482, 10 ill.; 1 map; 1 plan

ISSN

0194-4363

Abstract (en)

The Regional Planning Association of America's very significant impact on some of the central ideas of Western city and regional planning was the product of the collaboration of a dozen or so New York City intellectuals, organized and led by Clarence Stein, from 1923 to 1933. Its core members, close friends with shared values and complementary interests, drove the group's creative thinking and project development. Stein conceived the organization and managed its agenda; Benton MacKaye developed its first project, the Appalachian Trail; Lewis Mumford, Stein, MacKaye, and Henry Wright conceptualized its "regional city idea." Stein and Wright designed its prototype communities, including Sunnyside Homes and Radburn; Alexander Bing provided the organizational and financial structure for building its experimental communities. The RPAA collaborated for a decade to formulate, build, and write about a vision of future urban communities and regions that continues to infuse Western city and regional planning thought.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Architecture -- United States
• Regional Planning Association of America
• Associations
• United States
• 1900-2000
• Regional planning
• Influence
• Urbanism
• Stein, Clarence S., 1882-1975
• MacKaye, Benton, 1879-1975
• Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990
• Wright, Henry, 1878-1936
• Bing, Alexander M., 1873-1959

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Architecture -- États-Unis
• Regional Planning Association of America
• Associations
• Etats-Unis
• 1900-2000
• Planification régionale
• Influence
• Urbanisme
• Stein, Clarence S., 1882-1975
• MacKaye, Benton, 1879-1975
• Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990
• Wright, Henry, 1878-1936
• Bing, Alexander M., 1873-1959

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19950101-00310581

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