Power and architecture
Subtitle: the construction of capitals and the politics of space
By: edited by Michael Minkenberg
Edition: First edition.
Series: Space and place -- volume 12
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9781782380092; 9781782380108
Subjects: Democracy; Democracy and architecture; Architecture and state; Power (Social sciences); Public architecture; Symbolism in architecture; National characteristics; Capitals (Cities); Case studies; Public spaces; Political aspects; City planning; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : power and architecture : the construction of capitals, the politics of space, and the space of politics / Michael Minkenberg; title: Capital architecture and national identity / Lawrence J. Vale; title: A city of the people, by the people, for the people? : democracy and capital building in Washington, DC, Ottawa, Canberra, and Brasília / Michael Minkenberg; title: Capital-building in post-war Germany / Klaus von Beyme; title: Berlin : three centuries as capital / Christoph Asendorf; title: Image, itinerary, and identity in the "third" Rome / Terry Kirk; title: "A capital without a nation" : red Vienna, architecture, and spatial politics between the world wars / Eve Blau; title: The ruins of socialism : reconstruction and destruction in Warsaw / David Crowley; title: State building as an urban experience : the making of Ankara / Alev Çinar; title: Building capital mindscapes for the European Union / Carola Hein.