"The essays in this volume originated as a series of lectures presented under the auspices of the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture at Columbia University in the spring of 2002"--P. 14. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Introduction / Joan Ockman -- Lisbon : the earthquake of 1755 and urban recovery under the Marquês de Pombal / Kenneth Maxwell -- Chicago : out of the blue : the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 / Ross Miller -- Hiroshima : the atomic bomb and Kenzo Tange's Hiroshima Peace Center / Carola Hein -- Rotterdam : the promise of a new, modern society in a new, modern city, 1940 to the present / Han Meyer -- Plymouth : reconstruction after World War II / Alan Powers -- Berlin : film and the representation of urban reconstruction since the fall of the Wall / Hubertus Siegert and Ralph Stern -- Balkan cities : urbicide and chances for the reconstruction of Balkan cities / Milan Prodanovic -- Jerusalem : the symbolism of the Dome of the Rock from the seventh century to the present / Kanan Makiya -- New York : creatively destroying New York : fantasies, premonitions, and realities in the provisional city / Max Page -- Epilogue : an architecture of liberty? : the city as democracy's forge / Benjamin R. Barber.
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