Author : Anthony D. Steen
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,43 MB
Release : 1987
Category :
ISBN :
New Life for Old Cities
Anthony D. Steen
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New Building in Old Cities
Steven W. Semes
Author : Steven W. Semes
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 29,55 MB
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 160606875X
The highly influential writings by an important early advocate for the conservation of historic cities are made available for the first time in English. The Italian architect, historian, and restorer Gustavo Giovannoni (1873–1947) was a key figure in the fields of architecture, urbanism, and conservation during the first half of the twentieth century. A traditionalist largely neglected by the proponents of modernist architecture following World War II, he remains little known internationally. His writings, however, until now unavailable in English, represent a significant step toward the full appreciation of the historic city and are directly relevant today to the protection of urban historic resources worldwide. This abundantly illustrated critical anthology is a representative sample of Giovannoni’s seminal texts related to the appreciation, understanding, and planning of historic cities. The thirty readings, which appear with their original illustrations, are grouped into six parts organized around key concepts in Giovannoni’s conservation theory—urban building, respect for the setting or context, a thinning out of the urban fabric, conservation and restoration treatments, the grafting of the new upon the old, and reconstruction. Each part is preceded by an introduction, and each reading is prefaced by succinct remarks explaining the rationale for its selection and the principal matters covered. Six plate sections further illustrate the readings’ main concepts and themes.
New Life in Old Cities
Mason Gaffney
Author : Mason Gaffney
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 22,98 MB
Release : 2007-06-14
Category :
ISBN : 9780990504306
American cities are rotting from the inside! Many urban centers have lost their residents and their revenue to the sprawling suburbs. Adding to the tale of metropolitan dismay, the once great city of New Orleans remains in shambles years after the Katrina tragedy. What causes cities to grow, to stagnate, or to decay?
Old City Philadelphia
Alice L. George
Author : Alice L. George
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 28,36 MB
Release : 2004-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738524450
Old City Philadelphia is the heart of the City of Brotherly Love, where the Declaration of Independence was signed and the Constitution written. From the Delaware Indians and early Swedish settlers to the artisans and craftspeople who lived along Elfreth's Alley-the oldest residential street in the United States-this town represented the backbone of the new nation until the city's priorities shifted. As change buffeted the city and the nation, Old City Philadelphia resisted passing into oblivion and recreated itself as a place committed to tradition, craftsmanship, and history that is a resident's, and visitor's, delight.
Our Towns
James Fallows
Author : James Fallows
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 40,88 MB
Release : 2018-05-08
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1101871857
NATIONAL BEST SELLER • The basis for the HBO documentary now streaming on HBO Max For five years, James and Deborah Fallows have travelled across America in a single-engine prop airplane. Visiting dozens of towns, the America they saw is acutely conscious of its problems—from economic dislocation to the opioid scourge—but it is also crafting solutions, with a practical-minded determination at dramatic odds with the bitter paralysis of national politics. At times of dysfunction on a national level, reform possibilities have often arisen from the local level. The Fallowses describe America in the middle of one of these creative waves. Their view of the country is as complex and contradictory as America itself, but it also reflects the energy, the generosity and compassion, the dreams, and the determination of many who are in the midst of making things better. Our Towns is the story of their journey—and an account of a country busy remaking itself.
Modern Architecture in Historic Cities
Sebastian Loew
Author : Sebastian Loew
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 40,52 MB
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 113473266X
Modern Architecture in Historic Cities illustrates why France has been so successful in combining conservation and modernity, and points to important lessons for other countries which can be drawn from the French experience. Beginning with an empirical review of particular events which have affected attitudes towards heritage in France, this book highlights the continuity in French thinking and the longstanding role of the French government as patron and leader. Planning, conservation and design control legislation are examined, highlighting the range of instruments available to government in order to influence results and enhance the role of the architectural profession.
The New England Magazine
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 836 pages
File Size : 42,91 MB
Release : 1898
Category : New England
ISBN :
Historic Cities of the Islamic World
Clifford Edmund Bosworth
Author : Clifford Edmund Bosworth
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 631 pages
File Size : 14,42 MB
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9004153888
This book contains articles on historic cities of the Islamic world, ranging from West Africa to Malaysia, which over the centuries have been centres of culture and learning and of economic and commercial life, and which have contributed much to the consolidation of Islam as a faith and as a social and political institution. The articles have been taken from the second edition of the Encyclopaedia of Islam, completed in 2004, but in many cases expanded and rewritten. All have been updated to include fresh historical information, with note of contemporary social developments and population statistics. The book thus delineates the urban background of Islam has it has evolved up to the present day, highlighting the role of such great cities as Cairo, Istanbul, Baghdad and Delhi in Islamic history, and also brings them together in a rich panorama illustrating one of mankind's greatest achievements, the living organism of the city.
Art and History of Florence
Bonechi (Firm)
Author : Bonechi (Firm)
Publisher : Casa Editrice Bonechi
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 36,81 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Art
ISBN : 9788847609662
Discover the rich history and culture of some of the world¿s most influential historical places with these highly illustrated books, packed with informative and enlightening descriptions and information
Venice
Margaret Plant
Author : Margaret Plant
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 49,89 MB
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300083866
Margaret Plant presents a wide-ranging cultural history of the city from the fall of the Republic in 1797, until 1997, showing how it has changed and adapted and how perceptions of it have shaped its reality.