BarcelonaModern Architecture Guide

This guide brings together the most important and interesting examples of modern and contemporary architecture in Barcelona. It covers the emergence of Modernisme and Noucentisme, creative periods for which Barcelona is known the world over: the emblematic German Pavilion by Mies van der Rohe (1929), rationalist works conceived from the 40s and 50s, large housing projects of the 70s, the Olympi…

Frankfurter Wegsehenswürdigkeiten

In ihrem jährlichen Städteranking hat die New York Times in die Liste "Places to go 2014" von 52 Städten weitweit Frankfurt am Main als einzige deutscheStadt aufgenommen. Sie landete auf Platz 12. Die offizielle Facebookseite verzeichnet über 190.000 Fans, die Fotos hochladen oder ihre Meinung zu Frankfurt abgeben können.Mit Superlativen wird dabei nicht gespart: "Die schönste Stadt der W…

Making the Arctic CityThe History and Future of Urbanism in the Circumpolar N…

Making the Arctic City explores the unwritten history of city-building in the Arctic over the last 100 years. Spanning northern regions of North America, through Greenland, Svalbard to Russia, this is the first book to provide a truly circumpolar account of historical and contemporary architecture and urbanism in the Arctic – and it shows how the Arctic city offers valuable lessons for the po…

The Synagogues of KentuckyArchitecture and History

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Restorative Citiesurban design for mental health and wellbeing

Overcrowding, noise and air pollution, long commutes and lack of daylight can take a huge toll on the mental well-being of city-dwellers. With mental healthcare services under increasing pressure, could a better approach to urban design and planning provide a solution? The restrictions faced by city residents around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic has brought home just how much urban des…

New York's Historic ArmoriesAn Illustrated History

Winner of the 2007 Excellence in Historic Preservation Award presented by the Preservation League of New York State Winner of the 2007 Building Typology Award presented by the Metropolitan Chapter of the Victorian Society in America New York's Army National Guard armories are among the most imposing monuments to the role of the citizen soldier in American military history. In New York's Histori…

Capitol Story

A lavishly illustrated history of New York's Capitol and its recent renovation. The New York State Capitol sits majestically at the head of Albany's State Street, a masterpiece of civic architecture and decorative design. Built between 1867 and 1899, it was the work of four architects-Thomas Fuller, Leopold Eidlitz, Henry Hobson Richardson, and Isaac Perry-who labored under geologically diffi…

Jamestown, New YorkA Guide to the City and Its Urban Landscape

New York's small cities are little-known treasure troves of American history. Among them, Jamestown stands out with a memorable and engaging cityscape highlighted by steep hills, brick streets, a remarkably intact city center, and numerous buildings of historical and architectural interest. Peter A. Lombardi's Jamestown, New York chronicles the development of this Southern Tier city's built env…

The Landmarks of New York, Fifth EditionAn Illustrated Record of the City's H…

As the definitive resource on the architectural history of New York City, The Landmarks of New York, Fifth Edition documents and illustrates the 1, 276 individual landmarks and 102 historic districts that have been accorded landmark status by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission since its establishment in 1965. Arranged chronologically, by date of construction, the book offers a …

Città Sostenibilità ResilienzaL’urbanistica italiana di fronte all’Agen…

Sono trascorsi sei anni dall'approvazione dall'accordo internazionale per l'adozione della Risoluzione dell'Assemblea generale delle Nazioni Unite del settembre 2015 Trasformare il nostro mondo: l'Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile, finalizzata all'adozione a livello globale dell'Agenda dello sviluppo per il prossimo quindicennio. Si è proposto allora un programma d'azione per le persone,…