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Si en otro tiempo fue el principal ejemplo norteamericano de la ciudad moderna por su eficacia, hoy, la infraestructura de Los Ángeles experimenta una crisis crónica: ha dejado de apoyar los planes arquitectónicos para la ciudad y en lugar de ello, fuerza a la arquitectura a someterse a sus exigencias. En un mundo de redes, organizado cada vez más por flujos de objetos e información, las estructuras estáticas sólo evitan resultar superfluas integrándose en el sistema para convertirse en contenedores temporales para la gente, los objetos y el capital. Una provocativa recopilación que, mediante fotografías, artículos y mapas, evalúa la infraestructura como un modo de cartografiar nuestro lugar en el capitalismo tardío y la ciudad, y muestra cierto optimismo sobre la función de la arquitectura para comprenderlo y promover los necesarios cambios.

ÍNDICE (edición bilingüe) Presentación Prólogo The Gendered City, por Wiliam James. La violencia de genero, el patriarcado, el capitalismo y el Estado, por Ana Navarrete. Usos y apropiaciones Quuer d

More and more people are moving into towns and cities to live and work, which is altering the urban/rural balance of countries worldwide. THE ENDLESS CITY is an unparalleled study of the growth of six of the world''s international cities (New York, Shanghai, London, Mexico City, Johannesburg, and Berlin), exploring key structural, social, and economic factors. This book was overseen by the London School of Economics, and features extensive research and coherent texts by world-renowned professionals in the field of urban planning and development. The information is presented in a comprehensive and visually compelling sequence, enabling quick and efficient reference as well as offering material that is exciting to study. Each city is examined individually in its own chapter as well as being analyzed comparatively in an observational chapter. THE ENDLESS CITY is authoritatively edited by Ricky Burdett and Deyan Sudjic in collaboration with the London School of Economics and the Urban Age Project, an expanding international organization seeking a new urban agenda for global cities. RICKY BURDETT is Centennial Professor in Architecture and Urbanism at the London School of Economics (LSE). He is an advisor on architecture to the mayor of London, the BBC, and the Tate Organisations. He was Director of the 10th Venice Architectural Biennale (2006). DEJAN SUDJIC was formerly editor of BLUEPRINT and DOMUS magazines, and Director of ''Glasgow 1999: UK City of Architecture and Design'' and the Venice Architectural Biennale 2002. He is architecture critic of the Observer, and he has written many books, including THE 100 MILE CITY (1992), BLADE OF LIGHT: THE STORY OF LONDON''S MILLENNIUM BRIDGE (2002), and RON ARAD, published by Phaidon.

The Creative City is a clarion call for imaginative action in developing and running urban life.It shows how to think, plan and act creatively in addressing urban issues, with remarkable examples of innovation and regeneration from around the world.This revised edition of Charles Landry''s highly influential text has been updated with a new, extensive overview.

Cities have always been the crucible of culture and civilization and the hubs of wealth creation.But today they face enormous challenges. Over half the world''s population already lives in cities and the proportion is set to grow rapidly. Compounded by infrastructural, economic and social problems, dramatic changes are taking place. If cities are to flourish, there has to be a paradigm shift in the way they are managed, to draw fully on the talents and creativity of their own residents - businesses, city authorities and the citizens themselves.This text is a call for imaginative action in the development and running of urban life and a clear and detailed toolkit of methods by which our cities can be revived and revitalized. Presenting case studies and examples of urban innovation and regeneration from around the world, it analyzes teh crucial steps and disciplines involved. It shows how to think, plan and act creatively in addressing urban issues, and how to apply the methods described in any city.

Cities are among the most enduring and remarkable of human artefacts. This study explains how and why cities took the shape they did. Professor Kostof focuses on a number of themes - organic patterns, the grid, the city as diagram, the grand manner and the skyline - and interprets the hidden order of urban patterns. Photographs, historical views and specially commissioned drawings depict a global mosaic of citybuilding: the shaping of medieval Siena; the creation of New Delhi as the crown of the Raj; the remodelling of Moscow as the self-styled capital of world socialism and the transformation of the skyline as religious and civic symbols yield to the towers of corporate business.

Malcolm Miles, Iain Borden, Tim (Eds.) HallA collection of 60 essays on the cultural aspects, frameworks, and perceptions of cities, reflecting concerns for diversity and difference, rather than conventional notions of universality. Material draws on fields of cultural studies, architectural criticism, human geography, urban design, and critical theory. Topics include city cultures in relation to politics and economics, cultural representation, ecology, social justice, and utopian and dystopian visions. Includes general and section introductions. Miles is Reader in art and design at the University of Plymouth. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR