Urban transformations through exceptional architecture. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Nadia Alaily-Mattar, Alain Thierstein.
• Editors: Alaily-Mattar, Nadia; Thierstein, Alain
• Contents: Introduction: Urban transformations through exceptional architecture Nadia Alaily-Mattar and Alain Thierstein 1. Repositioning cities through star architecture: how does it work? Nadia Alaily-Mattar, Johannes Dreher and Alain Thierstein 2. One icon, two audiences: how the Denver Art Museum used their new building to both brand the city and bolster civic pride Georgia Lindsay 3. Crowdsourced and crowd-pleasing: the new architectural awards and the city Shawhin Roudbari 4. Local politics and planning over transnational initiatives: the case of Guggenheim Helsinki Davide Ponzini and Sampo Ruoppila 5. Architecture competitions in an urban planning context Aleksander Bern 6. The impacts of mandatory design competitions on urban design quality in Sydney, Australia Gethin Davison, Robert Freestone, Richard Hu and Sarah Baker 7. The challenge of urban design in securing post-event legacies of Olympic Parks Renata Latuf de Oliveira Sanchez and Stephen Essex 8. Responsive cohesion in the art and artfulness of urban design: some case studies in Helsinki Antony Radford and Tarkko Oksala
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 711; City planning; Architecture, Modern -- 21st century
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000387957; 9781000387919; 9781003150541
• Related ISBNs: 9780367713744
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