Pruitt-Igoe | Death Of Modernism

Ana 15/07/10 - 11:14
<p> <object height="362" width="600"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/t29fgA5M7VA&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="362" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/t29fgA5M7VA&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="600"></embed></object></p> <p> A powerful video documenting the demise and demolition of the infamously failed housing project of the 33 eleven-story buildings of Pruitt-Igoe in St. Louis in 1972. A classic case of overly-scaled design lacking in humanity. via <a href="http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/4626/epic-failure/#more-4626" target="_blank">Architizer</a>.</p>
housing, project, demolition

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