ISBN:
9781134811465
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (255 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
720
Keywords:
City planning-Environmental aspects
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Rivers-Social aspects
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Riverine- Front Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Illustration credits -- Cover -- The amphibian townscape -- Ancient waterfront palaces: a case study of the Great Palace at Amarna -- Spectacle of power on the Po: Ferrara and its riverfront during the Renaissance -- From Bishops' Inns to private palaces: the evolution of the Strand in London from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century -- Revealing the Bièvre in contemporary Paris -- Along the river Temo in Bosa, Sardinia -- Building rivers: how the aqueducts of Roman Britain furthered connections between towns and their riverine settings -- Riverine architecture in the absence of rivers -- The Sabarmati in Ahmedabad, India: the story of a city told through its river -- Villeneuve d'Ascq: the French riverine new town -- Fleeting memories: bringing the Fleet River back to life in St Pancras -- Sauf aux riverains: the riverine memorial of Georges-Henri Pingusson -- Water and memory: Tracing Nantes' Watermarks -- Sensing the Swan -- Nature and artifice: Nadav Kander's Yangtze, The Long River -- Metropolitan riverine: landscapes of the modern port city -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Notes -- The amphibian townscape -- Water as a medium of expression -- Water as a barrier and means of communication -- Bridges: connecting and dividing -- The boundary between land and water -- Building on amphibious sites -- Water technology -- Water and urban identity -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- SECTION ONE: ENSEMBLES: by the river -- Ancient waterfront palaces: a case study of the Great Palace at Amarna -- Introduction -- The typology of ancient waterfront palaces -- Waterfront palaces open on the water level -- Waterfront palaces open on a high level -- Introverted waterfront palaces -- The Great Palace at Amarna -- Architectural analysis and conclusion.
Abstract:
Notes -- The spectacle of power on the Po: Ferrara and its riverfront during the Renaissance -- Notes -- From Bishops' Inns to private palaces: the evolution of the Strand in London from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century -- Notes -- Revealing the lost rivers to re-shape Paris: recovering a lost tributary of the Seine in south-eastern Paris -- Introduction -- The landscape context of Paris -- Tributaries of the Seine -- A masterplan for the Bièvre -- Notes -- EXCURSUS ONE: Waterloo Sunrise -- Waterloo Sunrise -- Notes -- EXCURSUS TWO: Along the river Temo in Bosa, Sardinia -- Focus area Bosa: 'Sas Conzas and Sa Costa' -- 'Pattern' and 'anti-pattern' -- Conclusion -- Notes -- SECTION TWO: TOPOI: of the river -- Building rivers: how the aqueducts of Roman Britain furthered connections between towns and their riverine settings -- Approaches to aqueducts -- The British context -- Roman Lincoln and its waterscape -- London and the Walbrook -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Riverine architecture in the absence of rivers -- Mutability in the delta -- Turning away from the river -- Riverine ruins in context -- Ruplal House -- The Nolgola and the shat-gombuj mosques -- Hajiganj Fort, Sonakanda Fort, Idrakpur Fort -- Situating the paradigm -- Notes -- The Sabarmati in Ahmedabad, India: the story of a city told through its river -- Notes -- Villeneuve d'Ascq: a French new town built around lakes -- Aims of the development plan -- Urban and landscape variations along the lakeshores -- Forty years on, a complex mosaic with still relevant forms -- Notes -- EXCURSUS THREE: Fleeting memories: bringing the Fleet River back to life in St Pancras -- Background and introduction -- The Fleet River -- Rediscovering lost rivers -- The competition entry -- Raising the Fleet -- The Seurat Bathers -- The exhibition -- Sidelines -- Conclusion -- Notes
Abstract:
SECTION THREE: MEANINGS: beyond the river -- Sauf aux riverains: the riverine memorial of Georges-Henri Pingusson -- Riverbanks -- Remembering the occupation -- Pingusson the architect -- Memorial architecture -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Water and memory: tracing Nantes' watermarks -- Introduction -- History, artefacts -- Transformation: covering -- Restoration: uncovering -- Reclamation: discovering -- Excavation: recovering -- Reflections -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Sensing the Swan -- Introduction -- Sensory history and the haptic and olfactory senses -- Shaping the Swan -- The Perth City Baths -- Clamour for new baths -- The Crawley Baths -- The mechanical thrills of the Water Chute -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Nature and artifice: Nadav Kander's Yangtze, The Long River -- Notes -- EXCURSUS FOUR: Metropolitan riverine: landscapes of the modern port city -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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