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Urban Transformations through Exceptional Architecture (Hardcover)
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Urban Transformations through Exceptional Architecture (Hardcover)
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Urban Transformations through Exceptional Architecture focusses on
the nexus between architecturally exceptional projects and the
city. It addresses the following questions: How can the complexity
of these projects be comprehended? What roles do the political
contexts play in the commissioning of such projects and what
audiences do these projects serve? How has the granting of
professional recognition for architects changed and what will this
change mean to measures of exceptionality in architectural design?
What roles do the architectural competitions play in the process of
commissioning the design of architecturally exceptional projects,
and do design competitions as an urban planning tool grant high
value designs? Architecturally exceptional projects are situated in
physical urban fabrics. How can this situatedness be analysed and
what different values does the urban design dimension of these
projects add? By considering diverse aspects of architecturally
exceptional projects, the chapters in this book utilise a variety
of research methods. They bring into dialogue a range of themes
regarding the architectural, urban design and political aspects of
these projects. This volume illustrates that multidisciplinarity
might well be the best strategy to balance the risks of over
simplification and the challenges of complexity in analysing these
exceptional projects and the city in its ever-transformative
process. The chapters in this book were originally published as a
special issue of the Journal of Urban Design.
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