Place and Date
Amsterdam and Rotterdam, September 14th-15th 2011
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Seminar // Museums and urban policy: Three public rhetoric and planning experiences in Europe and the USA
Place and Date
IUAV Venice, May 12nd 2011
Starchitecture. Scenes, Actors and Spectacles in Contemporary Cities [First edition]
How and why do spectacular buildings get commissioned and procured? What are their visible urban effects? What can urban planners, architects, and policymakers learn in order to engage in more successful citymaking?
In recent years, media and critical attention has been lavished on famous architects, and the contributions of their designs to the branding of cities. The post-“Bilbao effect” global landscape is one where cities compete for the highest-profile skyscrapers, cultural projects, and high-profile developments designed by star architects whom even casual readers know by first name: Frank Gehry, Bjarke Ingels, Jean Nouvel, Zaha Hadid, Norman Foster, Rem Koolhaas. Far less is known about the decision-making processes behind these projects and their subsequent urban effects.
A unique combination of urban studies and photography, Starchitecture in
Seminar // Spectacularization of contemporary architecture and the urban landscape in competing global cities
Place and Date
Tallin, Estonia September 2010
Being Norman Foster
Year
2010
Description
Poli M. (ed) “Being Norman Foster”, Abitare, 507, 23-205 (2010).