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The city that never was
The city that never was
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One of the most troubling consequences of the--2008 global financial collapse was the midstream abandonment of several large-scale speculative urban and suburban projects. The resulting scars on the landscape, large subdivisions with only marked-out plots and half-finished roads, are the subject of The City That Never Was, an eye-opening look at what happens when(...)
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One of the most troubling consequences of the--2008 global financial collapse was the midstream abandonment of several large-scale speculative urban and suburban projects. The resulting scars on the landscape, large subdivisions with only marked-out plots and half-finished roads, are the subject of The City That Never Was, an eye-opening look at what happens when(...)
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The city that never was
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One of the most troubling consequences of the--2008 global financial collapse was the midstream abandonment of several large-scale speculative urban and suburban projects. The resulting scars on the landscape, large subdivisions with only marked-out plots and half-finished roads, are the subject of The City That Never Was, an eye-opening look at what happens when development, particularly what the author calls "speculative urbanism," is out-of-sync with financial reality. Presenting historical and recent examples from around the world---from the sprawl of the US Sun Belt and the unoccupied towns of western China, to the "ghost estates" of Ireland---and focusing on case studies in Spain, Marcinkoski proposes an ecologically based model in place of the capricious economic and political factors that typically drive development today.
The city that never was
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One of the most troubling consequences of the--2008 global financial collapse was the midstream abandonment of several large-scale speculative urban and suburban projects. The resulting scars on the landscape, large subdivisions with only marked-out plots and half-finished roads, are the subject of The City That Never Was, an eye-opening look at what happens when development, particularly what the author calls "speculative urbanism," is out-of-sync with financial reality. Presenting historical and recent examples from around the world---from the sprawl of the US Sun Belt and the unoccupied towns of western China, to the "ghost estates" of Ireland---and focusing on case studies in Spain, Marcinkoski proposes an ecologically based model in place of the capricious economic and political factors that typically drive development today.
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October 2015
October 2015
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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This book presents 47 examples from the Urban Intervention Award Berlin, including permanent and provisional attempts to effect various kinds of urban intervention. These interventions bring together experts from fields such as culture, architecture and economics.
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This book presents 47 examples from the Urban Intervention Award Berlin, including permanent and provisional attempts to effect various kinds of urban intervention. These interventions bring together experts from fields such as culture, architecture and economics.
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Transforming cities: urban interventions in public space
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This book presents 47 examples from the Urban Intervention Award Berlin, including permanent and provisional attempts to effect various kinds of urban intervention. These interventions bring together experts from fields such as culture, architecture and economics.
Transforming cities: urban interventions in public space
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This book presents 47 examples from the Urban Intervention Award Berlin, including permanent and provisional attempts to effect various kinds of urban intervention. These interventions bring together experts from fields such as culture, architecture and economics.
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June 2015
June 2015
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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In an era of unprecedented mobility, people can now live and work not only in different places, but even in different countries. Binational Urbanism examines the lifestyle of these people who start a second life in a second city, in a second country, without saying goodbye to their first city. In a uniquely 21st-century diaspora, they live in constant transit between two(...)
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In an era of unprecedented mobility, people can now live and work not only in different places, but even in different countries. Binational Urbanism examines the lifestyle of these people who start a second life in a second city, in a second country, without saying goodbye to their first city. In a uniquely 21st-century diaspora, they live in constant transit between two(...)
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Binational urbanism: on the road to paradise
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In an era of unprecedented mobility, people can now live and work not only in different places, but even in different countries. Binational Urbanism examines the lifestyle of these people who start a second life in a second city, in a second country, without saying goodbye to their first city. In a uniquely 21st-century diaspora, they live in constant transit between two homes and two nations. "Binational urbanists" come from all strata of society, from the working class to the highly educated and cosmopolitan creative classes. For this volume, German architect Bernd Upmeyer interviewed people of Turkish origin living in Germany who commute regularly between cities in Germany and Turkey. From these interviews the author develops a theory of binational urbanism, concluding that it has the potential to become one of the most interesting forms of life in the 21st century.
Binational urbanism: on the road to paradise
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In an era of unprecedented mobility, people can now live and work not only in different places, but even in different countries. Binational Urbanism examines the lifestyle of these people who start a second life in a second city, in a second country, without saying goodbye to their first city. In a uniquely 21st-century diaspora, they live in constant transit between two homes and two nations. "Binational urbanists" come from all strata of society, from the working class to the highly educated and cosmopolitan creative classes. For this volume, German architect Bernd Upmeyer interviewed people of Turkish origin living in Germany who commute regularly between cities in Germany and Turkey. From these interviews the author develops a theory of binational urbanism, concluding that it has the potential to become one of the most interesting forms of life in the 21st century.
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July 2015
July 2015
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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Conflicts around urban development and planning issues are an important dimension of contemporary urban politics. Issues of social cohesion and democratic representation become all the more relevant as cities face economic crisis and when local politics tries to meet its challenges with "post-political" responses. The case studies in Conflict in the City, drawn from(...)
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Conflicts around urban development and planning issues are an important dimension of contemporary urban politics. Issues of social cohesion and democratic representation become all the more relevant as cities face economic crisis and when local politics tries to meet its challenges with "post-political" responses. The case studies in Conflict in the City, drawn from(...)
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Conflict in the city: contested urban spaces and local democracy
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Conflicts around urban development and planning issues are an important dimension of contemporary urban politics. Issues of social cohesion and democratic representation become all the more relevant as cities face economic crisis and when local politics tries to meet its challenges with "post-political" responses. The case studies in Conflict in the City, drawn from cities around the world, explore the potential of local planning conflicts to challenge the rhetoric of urban democracy. These conflicts expose some of the key political issues in the contemporary city: the multi-scalar nature of urban policies, the tension between "policing" and "politics," the spatial dimension of protest and social mobilization and the struggle for new forms of citizenship. Conflict in the City attempts to rethink urban development and planning conflicts through a multidisciplinary perspective, and explore how these "local" conflicts can spur broader political mobilizations.
Conflict in the city: contested urban spaces and local democracy
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Conflicts around urban development and planning issues are an important dimension of contemporary urban politics. Issues of social cohesion and democratic representation become all the more relevant as cities face economic crisis and when local politics tries to meet its challenges with "post-political" responses. The case studies in Conflict in the City, drawn from cities around the world, explore the potential of local planning conflicts to challenge the rhetoric of urban democracy. These conflicts expose some of the key political issues in the contemporary city: the multi-scalar nature of urban policies, the tension between "policing" and "politics," the spatial dimension of protest and social mobilization and the struggle for new forms of citizenship. Conflict in the City attempts to rethink urban development and planning conflicts through a multidisciplinary perspective, and explore how these "local" conflicts can spur broader political mobilizations.
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November 2015
November 2015
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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Bureau Savamala Belgrade
Bureau Savamala Belgrade
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This publication sheds new light on how renewal of cities can take place without gentrifying them, and how art can initiate such processes, looking at the Savamala district of Belgrade. Local architects and artists present projects designed to contribute to the development of the district.
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This publication sheds new light on how renewal of cities can take place without gentrifying them, and how art can initiate such processes, looking at the Savamala district of Belgrade. Local architects and artists present projects designed to contribute to the development of the district.
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Bureau Savamala Belgrade
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This publication sheds new light on how renewal of cities can take place without gentrifying them, and how art can initiate such processes, looking at the Savamala district of Belgrade. Local architects and artists present projects designed to contribute to the development of the district.
Bureau Savamala Belgrade
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This publication sheds new light on how renewal of cities can take place without gentrifying them, and how art can initiate such processes, looking at the Savamala district of Belgrade. Local architects and artists present projects designed to contribute to the development of the district.
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November 2015
November 2015
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Urban Theory
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How are changing conditions in society likely to affect Germany’s built environment? What are the catalysts for transformation in its cities and regions? 'Speculations Transformations' is devoted to the social and spatial transformations that Germany will face in the future, speculating on their architectural consequences.
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How are changing conditions in society likely to affect Germany’s built environment? What are the catalysts for transformation in its cities and regions? 'Speculations Transformations' is devoted to the social and spatial transformations that Germany will face in the future, speculating on their architectural consequences.
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Speculations Transformations: considerations on the future of Germany's cities and regions
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How are changing conditions in society likely to affect Germany’s built environment? What are the catalysts for transformation in its cities and regions? 'Speculations Transformations' is devoted to the social and spatial transformations that Germany will face in the future, speculating on their architectural consequences.
Speculations Transformations: considerations on the future of Germany's cities and regions
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How are changing conditions in society likely to affect Germany’s built environment? What are the catalysts for transformation in its cities and regions? 'Speculations Transformations' is devoted to the social and spatial transformations that Germany will face in the future, speculating on their architectural consequences.
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June 2016
June 2016
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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The future of humanity is urban, and the nature of urban space enables, and necessitates, sharing—of resources, goods and services, experiences. Yet traditional forms of sharing have been undermined in modern cities by social fragmentation and commercialization of the public realm. In Sharing Cities, Duncan McLaren and Julian Agyeman argue that the intersection of cities’(...)
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The future of humanity is urban, and the nature of urban space enables, and necessitates, sharing—of resources, goods and services, experiences. Yet traditional forms of sharing have been undermined in modern cities by social fragmentation and commercialization of the public realm. In Sharing Cities, Duncan McLaren and Julian Agyeman argue that the intersection of cities’(...)
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Sharing cities: case for truly smart and sustainable cities
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The future of humanity is urban, and the nature of urban space enables, and necessitates, sharing—of resources, goods and services, experiences. Yet traditional forms of sharing have been undermined in modern cities by social fragmentation and commercialization of the public realm. In Sharing Cities, Duncan McLaren and Julian Agyeman argue that the intersection of cities’ highly networked physical space with new digital technologies and new mediated forms of sharing offers cities the opportunity to connect smart technology to justice, solidarity, and sustainability. McLaren and Agyeman explore the opportunities and risks for sustainability, solidarity, and justice in the changing nature of sharing.
Sharing cities: case for truly smart and sustainable cities
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The future of humanity is urban, and the nature of urban space enables, and necessitates, sharing—of resources, goods and services, experiences. Yet traditional forms of sharing have been undermined in modern cities by social fragmentation and commercialization of the public realm. In Sharing Cities, Duncan McLaren and Julian Agyeman argue that the intersection of cities’ highly networked physical space with new digital technologies and new mediated forms of sharing offers cities the opportunity to connect smart technology to justice, solidarity, and sustainability. McLaren and Agyeman explore the opportunities and risks for sustainability, solidarity, and justice in the changing nature of sharing.
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August 2015
August 2015
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Urban Theory
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L’eau est vitale pour les hommes. Mais la montée en puissance des villes complique les relations entre l’eau et l’homme. Rareté de la ressource, risque d’inondation, problèmes technologiques… L’eau, bien public, doit-elle être gérée par le public ? Trustée par de grandes entreprises privées ? Quid de l’eau dans les pays du Sud ? La gestion urbaine de l’eau est au cœur(...)
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L’eau est vitale pour les hommes. Mais la montée en puissance des villes complique les relations entre l’eau et l’homme. Rareté de la ressource, risque d’inondation, problèmes technologiques… L’eau, bien public, doit-elle être gérée par le public ? Trustée par de grandes entreprises privées ? Quid de l’eau dans les pays du Sud ? La gestion urbaine de l’eau est au cœur(...)
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L'eu dans la ville: une amie qui nous fait la guerre
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L’eau est vitale pour les hommes. Mais la montée en puissance des villes complique les relations entre l’eau et l’homme. Rareté de la ressource, risque d’inondation, problèmes technologiques… L’eau, bien public, doit-elle être gérée par le public ? Trustée par de grandes entreprises privées ? Quid de l’eau dans les pays du Sud ? La gestion urbaine de l’eau est au cœur de nombreux débats – nationaux et internationaux –, car l’eau est un enjeu majeur, aussi bien du point de vue de la préservation de l’environnement que du bon fonctionnement du milieu urbain. Un essai documenté, précis, sur une question centrale trop souvent ignorée, qui fait comprendre la complexité du sujet et expose clairement les enjeux.
L'eu dans la ville: une amie qui nous fait la guerre
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L’eau est vitale pour les hommes. Mais la montée en puissance des villes complique les relations entre l’eau et l’homme. Rareté de la ressource, risque d’inondation, problèmes technologiques… L’eau, bien public, doit-elle être gérée par le public ? Trustée par de grandes entreprises privées ? Quid de l’eau dans les pays du Sud ? La gestion urbaine de l’eau est au cœur de nombreux débats – nationaux et internationaux –, car l’eau est un enjeu majeur, aussi bien du point de vue de la préservation de l’environnement que du bon fonctionnement du milieu urbain. Un essai documenté, précis, sur une question centrale trop souvent ignorée, qui fait comprendre la complexité du sujet et expose clairement les enjeux.
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August 2015
August 2015
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Les enfants sont les oubliés de la ville. La plupart des urbanistes, architectes, éducateurs, élus et parents ignorent les droits des enfants (1959). L'écrasante majorité des enfants sont condamnés à jouer dans des espaces confinés appelés "aires de jeux", parfois ils s'échappent dans des friches et autres terrains vagues... Les cours de récréation sont généralement(...)
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Les enfants sont les oubliés de la ville. La plupart des urbanistes, architectes, éducateurs, élus et parents ignorent les droits des enfants (1959). L'écrasante majorité des enfants sont condamnés à jouer dans des espaces confinés appelés "aires de jeux", parfois ils s'échappent dans des friches et autres terrains vagues... Les cours de récréation sont généralement(...)
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La ville récréative: enfants joueurs et écoles buissonnières
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Les enfants sont les oubliés de la ville. La plupart des urbanistes, architectes, éducateurs, élus et parents ignorent les droits des enfants (1959). L'écrasante majorité des enfants sont condamnés à jouer dans des espaces confinés appelés "aires de jeux", parfois ils s'échappent dans des friches et autres terrains vagues... Les cours de récréation sont généralement laides et inadaptées. Les parcours quotidiens entre le logement et l'école sont insécures et ternes. Là où l'enfant se trouve tranquille c'est le plus souvent chez lui, devant l'écran de son ordinateur ou de sa tablette. Autant dire qu'il vit dans un monde qu'il façonne à partir de ses rêveries et de ses envies... Les conférences réunies dans ce livre dressent un état des lieux et proposent des pistes pratiques dans la perspective des enfants, de ce qu'ils sont et sentent, de leurs besoins et de leurs attentes.
La ville récréative: enfants joueurs et écoles buissonnières
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Les enfants sont les oubliés de la ville. La plupart des urbanistes, architectes, éducateurs, élus et parents ignorent les droits des enfants (1959). L'écrasante majorité des enfants sont condamnés à jouer dans des espaces confinés appelés "aires de jeux", parfois ils s'échappent dans des friches et autres terrains vagues... Les cours de récréation sont généralement laides et inadaptées. Les parcours quotidiens entre le logement et l'école sont insécures et ternes. Là où l'enfant se trouve tranquille c'est le plus souvent chez lui, devant l'écran de son ordinateur ou de sa tablette. Autant dire qu'il vit dans un monde qu'il façonne à partir de ses rêveries et de ses envies... Les conférences réunies dans ce livre dressent un état des lieux et proposent des pistes pratiques dans la perspective des enfants, de ce qu'ils sont et sentent, de leurs besoins et de leurs attentes.
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August 2015
August 2015
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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Forget revolution – it’s time for reform. As the authors of this essay collection argue, sometimes the most effective path to meaningful change is to work within existing institutions and slowly, surely, push for it. This is all the more relevant for architecture, which by definition is entrenched in larger social, economic, and political contexts. Four essays on diverse(...)
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Forget revolution – it’s time for reform. As the authors of this essay collection argue, sometimes the most effective path to meaningful change is to work within existing institutions and slowly, surely, push for it. This is all the more relevant for architecture, which by definition is entrenched in larger social, economic, and political contexts. Four essays on diverse(...)
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Reform! essays on the political economy of urban form Vol. 4
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Forget revolution – it’s time for reform. As the authors of this essay collection argue, sometimes the most effective path to meaningful change is to work within existing institutions and slowly, surely, push for it. This is all the more relevant for architecture, which by definition is entrenched in larger social, economic, and political contexts. Four essays on diverse topics like urban planning policy in Mumbai, unconventional city forms in Detroit, municipal housing in Diyarbakir (Turkey), and collaborative design processes in Tirana (Albania) attempt to challenge and shift the way we understand and implement reform in the design disciplines.
Reform! essays on the political economy of urban form Vol. 4
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Forget revolution – it’s time for reform. As the authors of this essay collection argue, sometimes the most effective path to meaningful change is to work within existing institutions and slowly, surely, push for it. This is all the more relevant for architecture, which by definition is entrenched in larger social, economic, and political contexts. Four essays on diverse topics like urban planning policy in Mumbai, unconventional city forms in Detroit, municipal housing in Diyarbakir (Turkey), and collaborative design processes in Tirana (Albania) attempt to challenge and shift the way we understand and implement reform in the design disciplines.
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January 2015
January 2015
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
