Historical Versus Modern: Identity Through Imitation?

ISBN-13: 9783868594980 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 220 str.

Barbara Engel

Opis

All around the world, new city districts are being realized that draw on historical typologies and form languages. In inner cities, new buildings in a historical style are increasingly replacing established existing buildings, in order to bring back long-lost historical ensembles or sought-after images. The phenomenon of retro districts is complex, with different motivations, constellations of involved parties and forms of expression. Apart from the reconstruction of lost buildings, historical structures are simply copied and placed in a completely new spatial and socio-cultural context. This publication examines the phenomenon of

O autorze

Barbara Engel (Hg.)
mit Philine Schneider, Max Mütsch, Johannes Blechschmidt