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317 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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Rotterdam : NAi Publishers, ©2009.
Rotterdam : NAi Publishers, ©2009.
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Brazil contemporary : architectuur, beeldcultuur, kunst = architecture, visual culture, art / Nederlands Architectuurinstituut, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen.
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Brazil contemporary : architectuur, beeldcultuur, kunst = architecture, visual culture, art / Nederlands Architectuurinstituut, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen.
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Rotterdam : NAi Publishers, ©2009.
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ix, 198 pages ; 25 cm
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2022]
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2022]
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Yes to the city : millennials and the fight for affordable housing / Max Holleran.
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Yes to the city : millennials and the fight for affordable housing / Max Holleran.
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2022]
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2022]
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Cities Are Good for You introduces us to dreamers, planners, revolutionaries, writers, scientists, architects, slum-dwellers and kings. Ranging globally and through time in search of answers--from the archive to the laboratory, from City Hall to the architect's desk--it is above all driven by the idea that cities are for people and by people.
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Cities Are Good for You introduces us to dreamers, planners, revolutionaries, writers, scientists, architects, slum-dwellers and kings. Ranging globally and through time in search of answers--from the archive to the laboratory, from City Hall to the architect's desk--it is above all driven by the idea that cities are for people and by people.
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Cities are good for you: the genius of the metropolis
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Cities Are Good for You introduces us to dreamers, planners, revolutionaries, writers, scientists, architects, slum-dwellers and kings. Ranging globally and through time in search of answers--from the archive to the laboratory, from City Hall to the architect's desk--it is above all driven by the idea that cities are for people and by people.
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Cities Are Good for You introduces us to dreamers, planners, revolutionaries, writers, scientists, architects, slum-dwellers and kings. Ranging globally and through time in search of answers--from the archive to the laboratory, from City Hall to the architect's desk--it is above all driven by the idea that cities are for people and by people.
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August 2013
August 2013
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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222 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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222 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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Boston : Beacon Press, [2024], ©2024
Boston : Beacon Press, [2024], ©2024
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Don't build, rebuild : the case for imaginative reuse in architecture / Aaron Betsky.
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222 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Don't build, rebuild : the case for imaginative reuse in architecture / Aaron Betsky.
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Boston : Beacon Press, [2024], ©2024
Boston : Beacon Press, [2024], ©2024
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journals and magazines
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Berlin architecture firm Bplus.xyz's political campaign to enshrine adaptive re-use across Europe, Toronto’s experiment in pairing affordable housing and social medicine, Urbz Mumbai’s mission to improve and empower India’s largest slum – all are brilliant examples of design and policy coming together to effect positive change for communities. We feature these incredible(...)
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Berlin architecture firm Bplus.xyz's political campaign to enshrine adaptive re-use across Europe, Toronto’s experiment in pairing affordable housing and social medicine, Urbz Mumbai’s mission to improve and empower India’s largest slum – all are brilliant examples of design and policy coming together to effect positive change for communities. We feature these incredible(...)
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Berlin architecture firm Bplus.xyz's political campaign to enshrine adaptive re-use across Europe, Toronto’s experiment in pairing affordable housing and social medicine, Urbz Mumbai’s mission to improve and empower India’s largest slum – all are brilliant examples of design and policy coming together to effect positive change for communities. We feature these incredible pursuits and more in our Mar/Apr 2025 issue. Plus, we report from Iqaluit, where a growing number of Canadian architects are contributing to the architectural infrastructure.
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Berlin architecture firm Bplus.xyz's political campaign to enshrine adaptive re-use across Europe, Toronto’s experiment in pairing affordable housing and social medicine, Urbz Mumbai’s mission to improve and empower India’s largest slum – all are brilliant examples of design and policy coming together to effect positive change for communities. We feature these incredible pursuits and more in our Mar/Apr 2025 issue. Plus, we report from Iqaluit, where a growing number of Canadian architects are contributing to the architectural infrastructure.
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journals and magazines
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March 2025
March 2025
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Bender delves deeply into the culture and politics of the age of industry. Linking urban slum tourism and imperial science with immigrant better-baby contests and hoboes, American Abyss uncovers the complex interactions of turn-of-the-century ideas about race, class, gender, and ethnicity. Moreover, at a time when immigration again lies at the center of American economy(...)
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Bender delves deeply into the culture and politics of the age of industry. Linking urban slum tourism and imperial science with immigrant better-baby contests and hoboes, American Abyss uncovers the complex interactions of turn-of-the-century ideas about race, class, gender, and ethnicity. Moreover, at a time when immigration again lies at the center of American economy(...)
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American abyss: savagery and civilization in the age of industry
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Bender delves deeply into the culture and politics of the age of industry. Linking urban slum tourism and imperial science with immigrant better-baby contests and hoboes, American Abyss uncovers the complex interactions of turn-of-the-century ideas about race, class, gender, and ethnicity. Moreover, at a time when immigration again lies at the center of American economy and society, this book offers an alarming and pointed historical perspective on contemporary fears of immigrant laborers.
American abyss: savagery and civilization in the age of industry
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Bender delves deeply into the culture and politics of the age of industry. Linking urban slum tourism and imperial science with immigrant better-baby contests and hoboes, American Abyss uncovers the complex interactions of turn-of-the-century ideas about race, class, gender, and ethnicity. Moreover, at a time when immigration again lies at the center of American economy and society, this book offers an alarming and pointed historical perspective on contemporary fears of immigrant laborers.
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November 2009
November 2009
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Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
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xl, 252 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm
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New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2010.
New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2010.
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Theatre of conflict, city of hope : Mumbai, 1660 to present times / Mariam Dossal.
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xl, 252 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm
Theatre of conflict, city of hope : Mumbai, 1660 to present times / Mariam Dossal.
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New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2010.
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Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2014., ©2007
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2014., ©2007
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Rediscovering Jacob Riis : exposure journalism and photography in turn-of-the-century New York / Bonnie Yochelson & Daniel Czitrom.
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Rediscovering Jacob Riis : exposure journalism and photography in turn-of-the-century New York / Bonnie Yochelson & Daniel Czitrom.
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Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2014., ©2007
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Hijacking sustainability
Hijacking sustainability
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Parr looks closely at five examples of the hijacking of sustainability: corporate image-greening by such companies as British Petroleum (BP) and Wal-Mart; Hollywood activism by Leonardo DiCaprio and other movie industry figures; the autonomy of communal ecovillages vs. the military-like security of gated communities; the greening of the White House (and its de-greening:(...)
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Parr looks closely at five examples of the hijacking of sustainability: corporate image-greening by such companies as British Petroleum (BP) and Wal-Mart; Hollywood activism by Leonardo DiCaprio and other movie industry figures; the autonomy of communal ecovillages vs. the military-like security of gated communities; the greening of the White House (and its de-greening:(...)
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Hijacking sustainability
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Parr looks closely at five examples of the hijacking of sustainability: corporate image-greening by such companies as British Petroleum (BP) and Wal-Mart; Hollywood activism by Leonardo DiCaprio and other movie industry figures; the autonomy of communal ecovillages vs. the military-like security of gated communities; the greening of the White House (and its de-greening: Ronald Reagan famously removed solar panels installed by Jimmy Carter); and the incongruous efforts to achieve a "sustainable" army. Parr then examines key challenges to sustainability— waste disposal, disaster relief and environmental refugees, slum development, and poverty.
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Parr looks closely at five examples of the hijacking of sustainability: corporate image-greening by such companies as British Petroleum (BP) and Wal-Mart; Hollywood activism by Leonardo DiCaprio and other movie industry figures; the autonomy of communal ecovillages vs. the military-like security of gated communities; the greening of the White House (and its de-greening: Ronald Reagan famously removed solar panels installed by Jimmy Carter); and the incongruous efforts to achieve a "sustainable" army. Parr then examines key challenges to sustainability— waste disposal, disaster relief and environmental refugees, slum development, and poverty.
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March 2009, Cambridge
March 2009, Cambridge
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Green Architecture
Green Architecture
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As cities strain under a growing population and demand for resources, Brazil will provide a test case for how politicians, architects and urban planners can work together with local stakeholders to improve living conditions in informal settlements without upsetting their social structures. Against the backdrop of recent and exemplary developments in Brazilian public(...)
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As cities strain under a growing population and demand for resources, Brazil will provide a test case for how politicians, architects and urban planners can work together with local stakeholders to improve living conditions in informal settlements without upsetting their social structures. Against the backdrop of recent and exemplary developments in Brazilian public(...)
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Building Brazil! The proactive urban renewal of informal settlement
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As cities strain under a growing population and demand for resources, Brazil will provide a test case for how politicians, architects and urban planners can work together with local stakeholders to improve living conditions in informal settlements without upsetting their social structures. Against the backdrop of recent and exemplary developments in Brazilian public policy and slum-upgrading practices, Building Brazil! investigates the way forward for the slums of Jardim Colombo, Heliópolis, Cidade Ipava and Rio das Pedras. Practical design solutions are also offered for informal and risk-prone areas.
Building Brazil! The proactive urban renewal of informal settlement
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As cities strain under a growing population and demand for resources, Brazil will provide a test case for how politicians, architects and urban planners can work together with local stakeholders to improve living conditions in informal settlements without upsetting their social structures. Against the backdrop of recent and exemplary developments in Brazilian public policy and slum-upgrading practices, Building Brazil! investigates the way forward for the slums of Jardim Colombo, Heliópolis, Cidade Ipava and Rio das Pedras. Practical design solutions are also offered for informal and risk-prone areas.
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June 2012
June 2012
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Arch Middle East
Arch Middle East
