Identity in post-socialist public space : urban architecture in Kiev, Moscow, Berlin, and Warsaw /
This book is a comparative analysis of the architecture of central public spaces of capital cities in central and eastern Europe during the period of their authoritarian and post-authoritarian development. It demonstrates that national identity transformations cause structural changes in urban publi...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
[2022].
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| Series: | Routledge research in planning and urban design.
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| Summary: | This book is a comparative analysis of the architecture of central public spaces of capital cities in central and eastern Europe during the period of their authoritarian and post-authoritarian development. It demonstrates that national identity transformations cause structural changes in urban public spaces, and theorizes identity and national identity within urban planning in order to explain the influence of historical, cultural, mental, social as well as ideological and political conditions on the processes of shaping and perceiving the architecture of public space. The book addresses the process of shaping and restructuring historic centers of European capital cities of Kyiv, Moscow, Berlin and Warsaw, which developed under authoritarian regime conditions throughout the 20th century, and were characterized by ideological determinism and the influence of state ideology and politics on the architecture of public spaces. It will be useful for urban planners, architects, land management specialists, art historians, political scientists and readers interested in the theory and history of cities, the fundamentals of urban planning and architecture and the planning of cities and public spaces. |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781032062570 1032062576 9781032062587 1032062584 |