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- Aleppo
- The Eighth Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design
- Edited by Joan Busquets
- In Aleppo: Rehabilitation of the Old City, Busquets describes the value of successful urban rehabilitation in this historic setting. The Syrian city of Aleppo won the prestigious Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design for its urban renewal efforts and Busquets offers an innovative take on how these rehabilitation projects are accomplished effectively.
- Paperback 2006
- The Favela-Bairro Project
- The Sixth Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design
- Edited by Rodolfo Machado
- Photographs by Jason Schmidt
- The favelas of Rio de Janeiro are shantytowns that lack even the most basic infrastructure and services. The Favela-Bairro Project, featuring the work of Jorge Mario Jauregui Architects, seeks to turn these blighted areas into functioning neighborhoods, or bairros.
- Paperback 2006
- Residential Waterfront, Borneo Sporenburg, Amsterdam
- The Seventh Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design
- Edited by Rodolfo Machado
- "When one reads or hears about the vicissitudes of the project's evolution--about the long approval processes and the large cast of characters--it all seems like an excellent piece of narrative, a great plot replete with subplots leading us to intense episodes of dramatic action. There is something for everyone in the story of these peninsulas"--from the Introduction
- Paperback 2006
- A Turkish Triangle
- Edited by Hashim Sarkis
- Istanbul, Ankara, and Izmir have been the major poles of growth and development in Turkey since the Republic was formed, although these three cities have followed very different paths. Through a series of three case studies and an introduction by Turkey's most renowned urban historian and theorist, Ilhan Tekeli, the book studies the rise of these three main urban centers in Turkey and their roles in organizing the territory and its future reorganization.
- Paperback
- Two Squares
- Edited by Hashim Sarkis
- Two Squares examines the changing role of public space in the cities of Beirut and Istanbul as they undergo major redevelopment. The study of Beirut looks at the redesign of Martyrs' Square, and in Istanbul, the focus is on Sirkeci Square. This book examines the nature of public space in the 21st-century city, the history and evolution of public life in Beirut and Istanbul, and the possibilities of using these vital transportation nodes as opportunities for new design strategies.
- Paperback 2006
