190 Pages
by
Routledge
190 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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From the targeted demolition of Mostar’s Stari-Most Bridge in 1993 to the physical and social havoc caused by the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami, the history of cities is often a history of destruction and reconstruction. But what political and aesthetic criteria should guide us in the rebuilding of cities devastated by war and natural calamities? The title of this timely and inspiring new book,... Read more
FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LINES OF CONTENTION – ZONES OF CONNECTION; ARCHITECTS AND WAR; ARCHETYPES; BEIRUT – CITY AS HEART VS. CITY AS SPINE; NICOSIA – RECONSTRUCTION AS RESOLUTION; MOSTAR – RECONSTRUCTION AS RECONCILIATION; FROM ZONES OF CONTENTION TO LINES OF CONNECTION – IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DESIGN PROFESSION; ARCHITECTS WITHOUT FRONTIERS – IMPLICATIONS FOR DESIGN EDUCATION; REFERENCES
Biography
Esther Charlesworth
