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Urban Squares by "Topos - European Landscape Magazine"
Recent European Promenades, Squares and City Centres
Urban spaces can only be considered a success if they are being used. This volume is an overview of thriving squares and urban spaces in European architecture which have been presented in "Topos" magazine since 1993. It includes examples from Barcelona, Lyon, Reykjavik, Verona, Dublin and Vienna.What would a town be without squares? It is precisely these open spaces which give the built areas their meaning, function and character. Squares provide a breathing space within the structure of the city, separating and joining. They are the stage for urban actors, the heart of political and social life of an urban community, and as such designing new squares or redesigning existing ones is one of the most delightful tasks for architects, urban planners and landscape architects. Open-air and multi-functional, squares are always unique and more strongly defined by their surroundings than buildings. This book presents the best and most attractive squares which have been presented in individual Topos magazines since 1993. It contains successful examples from Barcelona, Lyon, Reykjavik, Verona, Dublin, and Vienna. Some of the examples, for instance, the Schouwerburgplein in Rotterdam, the Place des Terraux in Lyon or the Gustav-Adolf-Torg in Malm were much discussed even criticized. Yet they bear the confident signature of their designer and a distinctive interplay of material and form, art and commerce, work and fun. |
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| Author(s) : "Topos - European Landscape Magazine" | Format : Paperback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 3764366702 | ISBN-13 : 9783764366704 |
| RRP : £26.50 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Country Publication : Switzerland
Publication Date : 01/01/2002
Publisher : Birkhauser Verlag AG
Page Length : 128mm
Page Size : 297mm