City Transformed : Urban Architecture at the Beginning of the 21st Century

by Powell, Ken

• ISBN13: 9783823854616
• ISBN10: 3823854615
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Te Neues Pub Group

Summary

City Transformed is about the new urbanism which is certain to be an increasingly potent element in world architecture in the 21st century. It contains a selection of key projects, dating from the 1990s to the millennium and beyond, which exemplify the renaissance of the urban ideal and the rebirth of an architectural program for the city. As enlightening as it is optimistic, this book takes a vibrant look at today's ever-changing urban areas and displays the work of some of the most imaginative and foreword-looking architects of our time. It promotes a vision of city life that is hopeful, exciting, and increasingly rewarding.

Table of Contents

Introduction	6	(16)
Healing the City	22	(66)
Dallas Victory District	26	(4)
Seattle City centre regeneration projects	30	(8)
Berlin Potsdamer Platz	38	(20)
Dublin Temple Bar	58	(8)
Genoa Columbus Exhibition and renewal of old port	66	(8)
Kobe Hyogo Museum and Rokko housing	74	(6)
Lisbon Chiado District	80	(8)
Extending the City	88	(66)
Ho Chi Minh City Saigon South masterplan	92	(6)
London Canary Wharf	98	(10)
Almere masterplan	108	(6)
Rotterdam Kop van Zuid	114	(10)
Duisburg Inner Harbour	124	(8)
New York Battery Park City	132	(10)
Kuala Lumpur International Airport, city centre and Eco-media city	142	(8)
Santa Cruz Link Quay	150	(4)
Cities in Motion	154	(46)
Bilbao New metro and Abando transport interchange	158	(10)
Stuttgart Station quarter/Avenue 21	168	(6)
Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok airport, Kowloon station	174	(14)
Arnhem Arnhem central	188	(6)
Frankfurt Station quarter/Frankfurt 21	194	(6)
Culture and the City	200	(42)
London Royal Opera House	204	(10)
Paris Seine Rive-Gauche	214	(8)
Groningen Groninger Museum	222	(8)
Barcelona Raval district and contemporary Art Museum	230	(6)
Rotterdam Schouwburgplein	236	(6)
Project credits	242	(10)
Picture credits	252	(2)
Index of architects and projects	254