Article: Contemporary urbanism in Brazil; beyond Brasilia.(Brief article)(Book review)

Article: Urban design.(Case Studies in Contemporary ...
Architectural Science Review;  December 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...4467 City Edge--Case Studies in Contemporary Urbanism, edited by Esther Charlesworth. Architectural Press ... with sustainability in Harare (Zimbabwe), Curitiba (Brazil), Melbourne, and New York, and it has a final chapter ...

Article: City life; Contemporary urbanism; The 21st-century ...
The Economist (US);  January 13, 2001 ;     700+ words ...THE SEDUCTION OF PLACE: THE CITY IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY. JOSEPH RYKWERT entered his field when post-war modernist architecture was coming under fire for its alienating embodiment of outmoded social ideals. Think of the UN building in New York, the city of Brasilia, the UNESCO building in

Article: The rhetoric of contemporary urbanism: a ...
Canadian Journal of Urban Research;  June 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Resume Prenant appui sur l'exemple du quartier Saint-Roch a Quebec, l'article analyse la rhetorique du discours urbanistique qui depuis une decennie environ justifie et programme la revitalisation des quartiers anciens en Amerique du Nord. L'objectif est de contribuer, sous l'angle de la geographie

Article: Individual accessibility revisited: implications for geographical ...
Geographical Analysis;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... because of recent changes in the processes underlying contemporary urbanism and the increasing importance of information and communications ... areas: (a) the processes that shape urban form and contemporary urbanism; (b) the complexities of and individual difference ...

Article: UPC Celebrates Graduation of Next Generation Planners.
Emirates News Agency (WAM) (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates);  November 13, 2008 ;     644 words ... ... who have successfully attended and completed the first Contemporary Urbanism Forum at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre /ADNEC ... practical utility and addressed the principles of effective contemporary urbanism highlighting the themes of Plan Abu Dhabi 2030: Urban ...

Article: Canada: Emerging Practices, Paradigms & Technologies Reshaping ...
TendersInfo;  September 20, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... infrastructure. Highways, airports, power plants and landfills largely figure as the dominant effigies of contemporary urbanism. The sheer size of these elements renders their understanding as a single system practically impossible, yet ...

Article: PRIZE LAUNCHES FIRST PROJECT FOR ARCHITECTURE CENTER
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 17, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Infrastructure, established in the spring of 2006 to provide a platform for interdisciplinary research on issues of contemporary urbanism. "Because cities today are so big and complex and have so many variables, the only effective way to work ...