Urban Andes

design-led explorations to tackle climate change

Against the backdrop of climate change and intensifying human occupation, explorative design strategies can play a role in recalibrating the relation between landscape logics and urbanization patterns in the Andes. Urban Andes marks the start of the new series LAP on innovative design research in architecture, urbanism, and landscape. It is the result of a two-year collaboration (2018-2020), initiated by the CCA in cooperation with KU Leuven and various partners, including local organizations and...

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Engels | 160 pagina's (PDF, 91 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2022

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Kadoc Territories of faith

religion, urban planning and demographic change in post-war Europe

In the 1950s and 1960s, thousands of churches were built across Europe in an attempt to keep up with the continent's rapid urbanisation. This book addresses the immense effort related to the planning, financing, and construction of this new religious infrastructure. Going beyond aspects of style and liturgy, and transcending a focus on particular architects or regions, this volume considers church building at the crossroads of pastoral theology, religious sociology, and urban planning. Presenting...

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Engels | PDF, 6,3 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2022

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Hedendaagse architectuur in Nederland

Kijk- en leesboek over uiteenlopende moderne Nederlandse architectuur en diverse architectenbureaus.

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Engels | Nederlands | 333 pagina's | Librero, Kerkdriel | 2021

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Kadoc Loci sacri

understanding sacred places

Sacred places have long exercised a special fascination. Sacred places are not static entities but reveal a historical dynamic. They are the result of cultural developments and have varied multidimensional levels of significance. They are places where time is, as it were, suspended, and they are points where holy times and holy places meet. Sacred places are places apart. It is this specificity in the context of the Christian religions of the West that Loci Sacri wishes to unveil by bringing together...

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Engels | 284 pagina's (PDF, 7,8 MB) | Universitaire Pers Leuven, Leuven | 2017

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Wim Denslagen Observations on urban aesthetics

London, Paris and New York

London, Paris and New York were each designated as 'capital of the world' in the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Besides their cultural importance, they were also admired for their beauty. How travellers described these cityscapes is the theme of this book. Why is it interesting to look at these cities through the eyes of travellers from the past who visited places, which have changed over time? Well, firstly, because if you always restrict your views on architecture by only looking...

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Engels | 156 pagina's (ePub2, 22 MB) | U2pi, Voorburg | 2016

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Hans van der Cammen | Len de Klerk | Gerhard Dekker | Peter Paul Witsen The selfmade land

culture and evolution of urban and regional planning in the Netherlands

Nederland is één van de meest dichtbevolkte landen ter wereld. Dan moet je verstandig omgaan met de beschikbare ruimte. Waar gaan we werken, waar wonen en waar vakantie houden? Wat bebouwen en wat blijft ongerept? Nergens ter wereld wordt daar zo grondig over nagedacht als in Nederland. Internationaal geldt Nederland als gidsland op het gebied van de ruimtelijke ordening. Vanwege deze positie, en om aan de vraag vanuit het Engelstalige onderwijs te voorzien, verschijnt nu deze geheel herziene,...

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Engels | 366 pagina's (ePub2, 11 MB) | Spectrum, Houten | 2012

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