Tagarchief: urban studies

City on the Gulf: Koolhaas Lays Out a Grand Urban Experiment in Dubai (The New York Times, 3 maart 2008)

Posted on 5 maart 2008 by

It has been 12 years since the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas unleashed his concept of “the generic city,” a sprawling metropolis of repetitive buildings centered on an airport and inhabited by a tribe of global nomads with few local loyalties. … Lees verder →

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Cyberpunk cities – Science fiction meets urban theory (Carl Abbott)

Posted on 5 maart 2008 by

A reading of important cyberpunk novels shows the way in which the ideas of formal urban theory, such as the idea of global cities, cities as communication systems, and the Los Angeles school of urban studies, have been incorporated into … Lees verder →

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Lewis Mumford – “What is a city?”

Posted on 4 maart 2008 by

The city, as one finds it in history, is the point of maximum concentration for the power and culture of a community.

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