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Aleppo
The Eighth Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design
Edited by Joan Busquets
Contributions by Alan Altshuler
Contributions by Mona Khechen
Contributions by Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani
Contributions by Hashim Sarkis
Contributions by Lina Sergie
Contributions by Lieza H. Vincent
In Aleppo: Rehabilitation of the Old City, Busquets describes the value of successful urban rehabilitation in this historic setting. The Syrian city of Aleppo won the prestigious Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design for its urban renewal efforts and Busquets offers an innovative take on how these rehabilitation projects are accomplished effectively.
Paperback 2006
The Favela-Bairro Project
The Sixth Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design
Edited by Rodolfo Machado
Photographs by Jason Schmidt
Contributions by Brooke Hodge
Contributions by Toshiko Mori
Contributions by Elizabeth Mossop
Contributions by Peter Rowe
The favelas of Rio de Janeiro are shantytowns that lack even the most basic infrastructure and services. The Favela-Bairro Project, featuring the work of Jorge Mario Jauregui Architects, seeks to turn these blighted areas into functioning neighborhoods, or bairros.
Paperback 2006
Residential Waterfront, Borneo Sporenburg, Amsterdam
The Seventh Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design
Edited by Rodolfo Machado
Contributions by Mark Robbins
Contributions by Peter Rowe
"When one reads or hears about the vicissitudes of the project's evolution--about the long approval processes and the large cast of characters--it all seems like an excellent piece of narrative, a great plot replete with subplots leading us to intense episodes of dramatic action. There is something for everyone in the story of these peninsulas"--from the Introduction
Paperback 2006
A Turkish Triangle
Edited by Hashim Sarkis
Contributions by Cemal Arkon
Contributions by Murat Guvenc
Contributions by Huseyin Kaptan
Contributions by Ilhan Tekeli
Istanbul, Ankara, and Izmir have been the major poles of growth and development in Turkey since the Republic was formed, although these three cities have followed very different paths. Through a series of three case studies and an introduction by Turkey's most renowned urban historian and theorist, Ilhan Tekeli, the book studies the rise of these three main urban centers in Turkey and their roles in organizing the territory and its future reorganization.
Paperback
Two Squares
Edited by Hashim Sarkis
Contributions by Mark Dwyer
Contributions by Samir Khalaf
Contributions by Pars Kibarer
Contributions by Tansel Korkmaz
Two Squares examines the changing role of public space in the cities of Beirut and Istanbul as they undergo major redevelopment. The study of Beirut looks at the redesign of Martyrs' Square, and in Istanbul, the focus is on Sirkeci Square. This book examines the nature of public space in the 21st-century city, the history and evolution of public life in Beirut and Istanbul, and the possibilities of using these vital transportation nodes as opportunities for new design strategies.
Paperback 2006