
Power and Architecture
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"...a volume which, through its innovative approach, provides numerous valuable insights." ? Contemporary European Studies"This collection of provocative urban histories makes an important contribution to the interdisciplinary discourse on power and architecture defined by national political regimes. These studies reveal how architecture exercises social control not just through its material reality, but also, and perhaps more subtly, as a discursive framework that shapes cultural narratives and social identities." ? Power and Architecture
"...a confidence in the power of architecture as a progressive force is palpable at many points in this fascinating collection of papers. With nearly a hundred photographs, maps or illustrations, this book has been lovingly produced, and it confirms Nietzsche's thesis that there is a close link between architecture and the search for knowledge." ? Journal of European Studies
"...a fascinating topic for architects, urban designers and urban master planners...the interaction of political power, political-philosophical ideas about the state, and built form...The contributors are clearly experts on their topics, and no single author could ever have handled the [subject matter] with this combination of breadth and depth." ? Sir Peter Hall, University College London
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Introduction: Power and Architecture-the Construction of Capitals, the Politics of Space, and the Space of Politics: An Introductory Essay
Michael Minkenberg
Chapter 1. Capital Architecture and National Identity
Lawrence J. Vale
Chapter 2. A City of the People, by the People, for the People? Democracy and Capital Building in Washington DC, Ottawa, Canberra and Brasilia
Michael Minkenberg
Chapter 3. Capital-building in Post War Germany
Klaus von Beyme
Chapter 4. Berlin-Three Centuries as Capital
Christoph Asendorf
Chapter 5. Image, Itinerary and Identity in the "Third" Rome
Terry Kirk
Chapter 6. 'A Capital Without A Nation:' Red Vienna, Power, and Spatial Politics Between the World Wars
Eve Blau
Chapter 7. The Ruins of Socialism: Reconstruction and Destruction in Warsaw
David Crowley
Chapter 8. State Building as an Urban Experience: The Making of Ankara
Alev Cinar
Chapter 9. Building Capital Mindscapes for the European Union
Carola Hein
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