Brussels architectures from 1950 to the present day
By: edited by Maurice Culot
Publisher: AAM Editions
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Brussels
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9782871432593
Subjects: Pictorial works; Buildings, structures; History; Architecture; Modern Architecture
Description: "The some 400 projects presented are placed in the context of their age and their significance: repairing the damage caused by the route taken by the North-South railway junction and the impoverishment of the city centre, Expo '58 and the primacy awarded to the motorcar, the phenomenon of bruxellisation, May '68 and urban protest, the oil crises and birth of the metro, the effects of regionalization, urban renewal and the growing strength of environmental demands"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes indexes.