Title & Author:

Out of ground zero : case studies in urban reinvention / edited by Joan Ockman.

Publication:

[New York, N.Y.] : Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture, Columbia University ; Munich ; New York : Prestel, ©2002.

Description:

207 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
"The essays in this volume originated as a series of lectures presented under the auspices of the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture at Columbia University in the spring of 2002"--Page 14.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction / Joan Ockman -- Lisbon : the earthquake of 1755 and urban recovery under the Marquês de Pombal / Kenneth Maxwell -- Chicago : out of the blue : the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 / Ross Miller -- Hiroshima : the atomic bomb and Kenzo Tange's Hiroshima Peace Center / Carola Hein -- Rotterdam : the promise of a new, modern society in a new, modern city, 1940 to the present / Han Meyer -- Plymouth : reconstruction after World War II / Alan Powers -- Berlin : film and the representation of urban reconstruction since the fall of the Wall / Hubertus Siegert and Ralph Stern -- Balkan cities : urbicide and chances for the reconstruction of Balkan cities / Milan Prodanovic -- Jerusalem : the symbolism of the Dome of the Rock from the seventh century to the present / Kanan Makiya -- New York : creatively destroying New York : fantasies, premonitions, and realities in the provisional city / Max Page -- Epilogue : an architecture of liberty? : the city as democracy's forge / Benjamin R. Barber.
Also issued online.

Summary:

The events that took place in New York on 11 September 2001 are the background for this series of essays exploring the response of different cities at different times to natural or man-made disaster. Case studies include the earthquake that shook Lisbon in 1755 and the bombing of Hiroshima.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

3791327909 (paperback)
9783791327907 (paperback)

Subject:

Urban renewal Case studies.
City planning Case studies.
Architecture, Modern.
Disasters Social aspects Case studies.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks
Rénovation urbaine Études de cas.
Catastrophes Aspect social Études de cas.
Attentats du 11 septembre 2001, États-Unis.
City planning
Disasters Social aspects
Urban renewal
Städtebau
Geschichte
Stadt
Wiederaufbau
Zerstörung
Wederopbouw.
Steden.
Rampen.
Oorlogen.

Form/genre:

Case Reports
Essays.
Case studies
Études de cas.

Added entries:

Ockman, Joan.
Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 227050
Call No.: HT170 .O2 2002
Status: Available