 Metropolis No.2: Resources
Half of mankind lives in cities, and the tendency is on the increase. Urban people use the greater part of the world's energy and yet also produce the most pollutants--with far-reaching consequences for the world >>more
Jovis
ISBN 9783939633914
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Pbk, 9 x 10.25 in. / 240 pgs / 250 color.
Pub Date: 03/01/2009 In stock
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|  Metropolis No.1: Reflection
Text by Saskia Sassen et al. There's no getting around it anymore. We are in an age of globalization, and cities around the world are being challenged in brand new ways with no historical precedents to guide them. The highly anticipated >>more
Jovis
ISBN 9783939633907
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Paperback, 6.5 x 8 in. / 250 pgs / illustrated throughout.
Pub Date: 03/01/2008 In stock
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|  Metropolis No. 7: Building the City Anew
Metropolis 7 provides an overview of projects taken on by the International Building Exhibition, Hamburg. It explores three themes--Cosmopolis, Metrozones, and Cities and Climate Change--as well as celebrating all those whose participation has played a >>more
Jovis
ISBN 9783868592214
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Pbk, 9.5 x 10.5 in. / 352 pgs / 320 color.
Pub Date: 10/31/2013 In stock
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 Metropolis No. 6: Civil Society
What possibilities do new media offer for public participation in the city? How can planning be democratically implemented? What are the challenges faced by planning laws, as the demand for participation is increasingly vocalized? And >>more
Jovis
ISBN 9783868592207
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Pbk, 9.5 x 10.25 in. / 352 pgs / 140 color.
Pub Date: 04/30/2013 In stock
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|  Metropolis No. 5: Cosmopolis
Text by Olaf Bartels, Dirk Meyhöfer, et al. Amid the worldwide networks of finance and trade, a new international urban society is also emerging: a cosmopolis. Metropolis 5 looks at the structures of “cosmopolis” communities, exploring how architecture and urban design can be >>more
Jovis
ISBN 9783868590753
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Pbk, 9.5 x 10.25 in. / 296 pgs / 230 color.
Pub Date: 04/30/2012 In stock
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|  Metropolis No. 4: Metrozones
This fourth volume of Metropolis examines how waste ground--unused and unoccupied spaces in cities and industrial areas--can offer opportunities for creative exploitation and sustainable development. Calling on expert architects and urban planners, it illuminates potential >>more
Jovis
ISBN 9783868590715
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Pbk, 9.5 x 10.25 in. / 288 pgs / 300 color.
Pub Date: 10/31/2010 In stock
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 Metropolis No. 3: Education
Arguing for a radical approach to educational architecture—one in which education is embodied and enhanced by architecture—this volume proposes solutions towards the constructive development of inspiring educational buildings. >>more
Jovis
ISBN 9783868590708
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Pbk, 9.5 x 10.25 in. / 296 pgs / 212 color / 20 b&w.
Pub Date: 06/30/2010 In stock
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