TY - BOOK AU - Allen,Stan TI - Points + lines: diagrams and projects for the city. SN - 9781568981550 AV - NA737.A44 A4 1999 U1 - 720.92 21 PY - 1999/// CY - New York PB - Princeton Architectural Press , KW - Allen, Stan KW - Architecture, Modern KW - 20th century KW - Themes, motives KW - Local KW - Architectural practice, International KW - Architectural drawing KW - Cities and towns N1 - Include Bibliography; Introduction -- Points of influence and lines of development – K. Michael Hays -- Contextual tactics -- Cardiff Bay Opera House, Cardiff, Wales 1994 -- Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1995/98 -- Infrastructural urbanism -- Reconstruction of the Souks of Beirut, 1994 -- Logistical activities zone, Barcelona, 1996 -- Field conditions -- Korean-American Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 1995 -- National Diet Library, Kansai Kan, Japan, 1996 -- Afterword -- Urbanism without architecture – R. E. Somol -- Chronology -- Projects and built works, 1981-98 -- N2 - Points + Lines is a book of writings and projects by New York architect Stan Allen, which propose new architectural strategies for the contemporary city. Organized as user's manual, it juxtaposes speculative texts, which outline Allen's general principles, with specific projects from his own practice ER -