Cities of change Addis Ababa: transformation strategies for urban territories in the 21st century
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Economic strengthening and the developments associated with it, such as population growth, rural flight, and the explosive growth of cities, pose enormous challenges for city planners in urban centers throughout the world. But clumsy "test-tube" urban plans like those developed for China in part by German planners have shown that different standards and rules apply in the(...)
December 2009
Cities of change Addis Ababa: transformation strategies for urban territories in the 21st century
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Economic strengthening and the developments associated with it, such as population growth, rural flight, and the explosive growth of cities, pose enormous challenges for city planners in urban centers throughout the world. But clumsy "test-tube" urban plans like those developed for China in part by German planners have shown that different standards and rules apply in the non-European world than in Europe s organically developed urban structures. This manual analyzes contemporary urban phenomena in economic growth regions using the Ethiopian capital city of Addis Abeba as an example, and presents a catalogue of sustainable strategies for city planning practice in the Second and Third Worlds. In the process, it provides planners with generally applicable methods and tools that are usable at the design stage and equip them to develop and deploy dynamic planning and project management processes. To this end, it illuminates such topical subjects as the changing agrarian and industrial landscape, the activation of urban wastelands, and the increasing density of urban hubs. In addition, it uses real projects as examples to highlight avenues for practical implementation.
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Even a casual observer can spy traces of Islamic architecture and design on buildings all over the world, a reminder that artistic traditions and visual culture have never been limited to their region or country of origin, but rather are highly diffusible. This book brings together scholars from architectural studies, design, art history, and other fields to(...)
Islamic architecture on the move: motion and modernity
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Even a casual observer can spy traces of Islamic architecture and design on buildings all over the world, a reminder that artistic traditions and visual culture have never been limited to their region or country of origin, but rather are highly diffusible. This book brings together scholars from architectural studies, design, art history, and other fields to challenge and expand concepts of Islamic architecture. Ranging from eighteenth-century Ottoman tents to manifestations of Islamic motifs in 1960s Hawaii, this richly illustrated volume raises key questions about Islamic architecture, and, more broadly, about how we can rethink our understanding of material, artistic, and cultural mobility in the modern world.
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September 2016
Arch Middle East
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A protocol drawn up long ago in 1945 by Otto Koenigsberger, adopted in nearly one hundred instances in India and in more than half the world, provides the framework and rules for the planning of the prototypes of planned cities, and tells us that the so-called "participative architecture" aimed at intercultural inclusion, originated in the post-colonial territories(...)
Warm modernity: Indian architecture building democracy
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A protocol drawn up long ago in 1945 by Otto Koenigsberger, adopted in nearly one hundred instances in India and in more than half the world, provides the framework and rules for the planning of the prototypes of planned cities, and tells us that the so-called "participative architecture" aimed at intercultural inclusion, originated in the post-colonial territories between India and Africa. The catalogue, the fruition of a 5-year long Italian-Indian research, illustrates the consequences of democratic choice in independent India, its factual existence and its globalized outcomes, present even today. Presented in the installation, are four examples of Democratic New Towns – Jamshedpur, Bhubaneswar, Faridabad and Chandigarh- outcomes of the interface between the experiences of Frey, Drew and Le Corbusier and the ideas of their Indian counterparts, Varma, Doshi, Correa, Rewal. The cities are analytically described and documented through photographs of their present condition, preserved as the modern protected areas in Europe.
Arch Middle East
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«Plomb durci» (2008-2009), «Pilier de défense» (2012), «Bordure protectrice» (2014): les trois dernières offensives militaires d'envergure menées par Israël contre Gaza ont fait des milliers de morts du côté palestinien et donné lieu à de nouvelles expropriations de terres en Cisjordanie. Ces guerres de conquête israélienne ont ravivé, chez les militant.e.s de la justice(...)
Palestine
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«Plomb durci» (2008-2009), «Pilier de défense» (2012), «Bordure protectrice» (2014): les trois dernières offensives militaires d'envergure menées par Israël contre Gaza ont fait des milliers de morts du côté palestinien et donné lieu à de nouvelles expropriations de terres en Cisjordanie. Ces guerres de conquête israélienne ont ravivé, chez les militant.e.s de la justice sociale, le besoin d'exprimer leur solidarité avec le peuple palestinien et l'importance de renouveler le vocabulaire politique lié à cette question.Dans cet ouvrage en partie rédigé dans le feu de l'action, à l'été 2014, Noam Chomsky et Ilan Pappé, deux ardents défenseurs de la cause palestinienne, mènent une longue conversation dirigée par Frank Barat, militant des droits de la personne. Pour eux, le problème palestinien est depuis le début un cas évident de colonialisme et de dépossession, même si on préfère le traiter comme une affaire complexe soi-disant difficile à comprendre et, plus encore, à résoudre.Leurs échanges portent à la fois sur le sionisme en tant que phénomène historique, la pertinence d'analyser la situation en Palestine comme un apartheid, l'efficacité de la campagne Boycott, désinvestissement et sanctions (BDS) et la viabilité de la solution à un ou à deux États...Tour d'horizon de la question palestinienne, ce livre a le mérite d'envisager la situation en Palestine comme un baromètre de la répression politique. Car l'injustice qui accable le peuple palestinien a des ramifications partout dans le monde. «De Ferguson à Barcelone, en passant par Mexico, nombreux sont les gouvernements qui calquent les méthodes employées par Israël pour opprimer les Palestiniens. Leur recours aux mêmes tactiques et, souvent, aux mêmes armes démontre que les Palestiniens servent maintenant de cobayes - et que la Palestine est devenue un grand laboratoire» -- Frank Barat.
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Offering a new perspective on a city with a venerable tradition of urban planning, Çelik argues that architecture and urban forms are integral components of the colonial discourse. This book is extensively illustrated with photographs, maps, and housing plans.
Urban forms and colonial confrontations : Algiers under French rule
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Offering a new perspective on a city with a venerable tradition of urban planning, Çelik argues that architecture and urban forms are integral components of the colonial discourse. This book is extensively illustrated with photographs, maps, and housing plans.
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July 1997, Berkeley
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L'auteur observe les transformations formelles des édifices, les diverses influences stylistiques subies, et essaie en conclusion de dégager les traits constants de l'architecture hispano-islamique.
Arch Middle East
December 1992, New York
L'architecture Maure en Andalousie
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L'auteur observe les transformations formelles des édifices, les diverses influences stylistiques subies, et essaie en conclusion de dégager les traits constants de l'architecture hispano-islamique.
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December 1992, New York
Arch Middle East
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Cet ouvrage, s'appuyant sur des documents inédits et sur une nouvelle campagne photographique, propose le premier bilan exhaustif de ce patrimoine et met en relief la personnalité et les oeuvres des principaux acteurs de cette periode.
Istanbul 1900 : architecture et intérieurs art nouveau
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Cet ouvrage, s'appuyant sur des documents inédits et sur une nouvelle campagne photographique, propose le premier bilan exhaustif de ce patrimoine et met en relief la personnalité et les oeuvres des principaux acteurs de cette periode.
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November 1997, Paris
Arch Middle East
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This publication outlines the history of Mughal architecture and gardens, from stylistic developments under different emperors, to the geometric origins of Mughal design and decoration. Now the gardens are mostly lost, but the authors carefully depict how they would have been; their structures and layouts, the favoured varieties of colorful flowers and scented plants, and(...)
Mughal architecture and gardens
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This publication outlines the history of Mughal architecture and gardens, from stylistic developments under different emperors, to the geometric origins of Mughal design and decoration. Now the gardens are mostly lost, but the authors carefully depict how they would have been; their structures and layouts, the favoured varieties of colorful flowers and scented plants, and the laborious methods sometimes used to create running water in areas without natural springs and streams.
Arch Middle East
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Beyond the dense urbanism of Mumbai (Bombay) or the IT centers of Bangalore and Hyderabad lies the Ganges River basin--today home to over one-quarter of India's billion-plus population--a space historically defined by a mythological constellation of terrestrial sites imbued with celestial significance. Not only is it one of the most densely populated river basins in the(...)
Arch Middle East
September 2015
Ganges water machine:designing New India's ancient river
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Beyond the dense urbanism of Mumbai (Bombay) or the IT centers of Bangalore and Hyderabad lies the Ganges River basin--today home to over one-quarter of India's billion-plus population--a space historically defined by a mythological constellation of terrestrial sites imbued with celestial significance. Not only is it one of the most densely populated river basins in the world, but it also undergoes dramatic physical changes with the onslaught of the wet monsoon, where over one-meter of rainfall occurs in the span of three months. This book focuses on the intersection of these two observations. It is an atlas of built and unbuilt projects designed to transform the river into a giant water machine.
Arch Middle East
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The 'Modernism in India' Series documents the extensive heritage of modernism and modern architecture in India.
January 2014
The architecture of Shivdatt Sharma
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The 'Modernism in India' Series documents the extensive heritage of modernism and modern architecture in India.