Return to the center
Subtitle: culture, public space, and city building in a global era
By: Lawrence A. Herzog.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Roger Fullington series in architecture
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
Subjects: Public spaces -- Social aspects -- Spain -- Case studies.; Public spaces -- Social aspects -- Mexico -- Case studies.; City planning -- Social aspects.; Architecture and society.
Genres: Case studies.
Other titles: Culture, public space, and city building in a global era
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Acknowledgments; title: Culture, public space, and cities; title: The city and public space in Spain; title: Modernity and public space in crisis: contemporary Madrid; title: "City of architects": public space and the resurgence of Barcelona; title: Spain meets Mesoamerica: the city and public space in Mexico; title: Revitalizing historic centers in urban Mexico: politics and public space; title: The globalization of urban form: transcultural public spaces along the Mexico-United States international border; title: Return to the center? politics, Latino culture, and public space.