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The remaking of Istanbul : Portrait of an Ottoman city in the nineteenth century
From the introduction : During the nineteenth century, a concerted effort was made to transform the Ottoman capital of Istanbul into a Western-style capital, paralleling the general struggle to salvage the Ottoman Empire by reforming its…
The making of Hong Kong : From vertical to volumetric
Abstract from the publisher : This book investigates what the history of Hong Kong’s urban development has to teach other cities as they face environmental challenges, social and demographic change and the need for new models of dense…
Double restoration : Berlin after 1945
Abstract from the distributor :
The reconstruction of Berlin, after the massive destruction it suffered in World War II, was complicated in two fundamental ways. First was the question of historical continuity. On the one hand, there was a desire…
The reconstruction of Berlin, after the massive destruction it suffered in World War II, was complicated in two fundamental ways. First was the question of historical continuity. On the one hand, there was a desire…
The transatlantic collapse of urban renewal : Postwar urbanism from New York to Berlin
Abstract from the publisher : The Transatlantic Collapse of Urban Renewal examines how postwar thinkers from both sides of the Atlantic considered urban landscapes radically changed by the political and physical realities of sprawl, urban decay,…
Les cours publics de l'Ecole de Chaillot
Les Cours publics de l'Ecole de Chaillot sont dispensés par des historiens et/ou architectes, universitaires, enseignants d'écoles d'architecture et chercheurs dont les participations variées, personnelles, volontairement éclectiques offrent au…
City at the center of the world: Space, history, and modernity in Quito
Abstract from the publisher: In the seventeenth century, local Jesuits and Franciscans imagined Quito, the Andean capital of Ecuador, as the “new Rome.” It was the site of miracles and home of saintly inhabitants, the origin of crusades…
L'urbanisme face à une nouvelle révolution urbaine
Une conférence donnée dans le cadre de l'Université de tous les savoirs.
"L'urbanisme est véritablement né au cours de la seconde moitié du XIXème siècle, comme un ensemble disparate de réflexions et de propositions d'action sur la conception des…
"L'urbanisme est véritablement né au cours de la seconde moitié du XIXème siècle, comme un ensemble disparate de réflexions et de propositions d'action sur la conception des…
Suburbanité : des théories urbaines au logement collectif contemporain
Depuis quelques années, le suburbain acquiert une position de plus en plus importante dans le débat urbanistique et architectural. D’une part, les théories formulées à son sujet ont connu de conséquentes évolutions : majoritairement perçu comme peu…
Paris and the Belle Epoque
Abstract from the distributor :
Modern Paris was indelibly shaped by the rebuilding project ordered by Napoleon III and carried out by Baron Haussmann in the 1850s and '60s. The large-scale demolition of whole neighborhoods in central Paris,…
Modern Paris was indelibly shaped by the rebuilding project ordered by Napoleon III and carried out by Baron Haussmann in the 1850s and '60s. The large-scale demolition of whole neighborhoods in central Paris,…
New ideals in the planning of cities, towns and villages
Extract from a review of 'New ideals in the planning of cities, towns and villages' from the Discovering Urbanism blog : "Probably more than anyone else, John Nolen was the voice of the early American city planning establishment... New ideals…
Beijing record : A physical and political history of planning modern Beijing
Abstract from the publisher : Beijing Record, the result of ten years of research on the urban transformation of Beijing in the last fifty years, brings to an extended Western audience the inside story on the key decisions that led to Beijing's…
Spectacular reconstructions: Ways of seeing and the politics of recovery in American urban disasters
Abstract from the distributor :
Kevin Rozario uses the two most devastating urban catastrophes in American history, the Chicago fire of 1871 and the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, to explore how extraordinary recovery from sudden ruination can…
Kevin Rozario uses the two most devastating urban catastrophes in American history, the Chicago fire of 1871 and the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, to explore how extraordinary recovery from sudden ruination can…
Urban reflections : Narratives of place, planning and change
Abstract from the publisher : Urban Reflections looks at how places change, the role of planners in bringing about urban change, and the public's attitudes to that change. Drawing on geographical, cinematic and photographic readings, the book…
Cities at war in early modern Europe
Abstract from the publisher : Between 1550 and 1700, artillery siege warfare transformed the European city, which was theorized, fortified, violated, rebuilt, and celebrated by leading artists and architects. The fortified perimeter, with its…
Bruxelles – 100 ans d’Urbanisme – 1910-2010
Ce livre pourrait aussi s’appeler « Si Bruxelles m’était contée à travers les rêves des architectes, et urbanistes ». Il illustre, à l’aide d’images pleine page commentées, leur ambition de donner à la ville un visage de capitale à travers de grands…
Eden on the Charles : The making of Boston
Abstract from the publisher : Drinking a glass of tap water, strolling in a park, hopping a train for the suburbs: some aspects of city life are so familiar that we don’t think twice about them. But such simple actions are structured by…
City visions 1910 / 2010 : Urban planning in Berlin, London, Paris and Chicago 1910 and 2010
Extract from the catalogue :
The exhibition City Visions 1910 | 2010 is a celebration of the anniversary of the General Town Planning Exhibition. It compares two key moments in time: The years around 1910 and 2010.
1910
The planning exhibition…
The urban machine: Recent literature on European cities in the 20th century
Contents: Mercedes Arroyo - Technical networks and urban territory: A survey of the literature in Spain Bengt Berglund - Urban history in Sweden: An overview Mikael Hård and Marcus Stippak - Discourses on the modern city and urban technology,…
The historian and the city
Extract from the Preface:
...[T]he Joint Center for Urban Studies of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, and the Harvard University Summer Session [decided] to convene a conference, in August, 1961, that would consider the…
Les faiseurs de villes, 1850-1950
Présentation par l'éditeur :
Les "portraits" de concepteurs de villes, d’urbanistes, d’aménageurs, de rêveurs, déjà publiés dans la revue Urbanisme et regroupés ici,…