The school, the book, the town / Marc Angélil [and others] ; edited by Marc Angélil, Cary Siress and Charlotte Malterre Barthes in collaboration with Something Fantastic.

Berlin : Ruby Press, ©2013.

152 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 33 cm

The School, The Book, The Town is a biography of an experiment undertaken in Ethiopia for nearly a decade, starting with the founding of a school, setting off a series of investigations assembled in a book, and leading to the construction of a town. A timeline running all through the book reveals how logical and consistent, but in some cases also chaotic and interrupted the story evolved. In an age of rapid urbanization, the city is everywhere. In the case of Ethiopia, as with so many other developing nations, architecture and urban design are brought face to face with a country undergoing radical, often painful transformations that put longstanding traditions to the test. The burning question here is how to modernize and yet maintain distinct cultural identities, while also trying to accommodate mass migration from rural regions to urban centers. In sum, the route followed here is one marked by a series of trials that leave nothing standing as it was.

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Urbanization Ethiopia.
City planning Ethiopia.
Urbanisation Éthiopie.
City planning.
Urbanization.
Ethiopia.

Angelil, Marc M.
Siress, Cary.
Malterre Barthes, Charlotte.
Something Fantastic (Firm)

At head of title: Logbook, Ethiopia in a timeline

Location: Library main 284709
Call No.: BIB 223811
Status: Available