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Marne-la-Vallée: from new town to true town?

Laurent Cailly & translated by Oliver Waine - 31 October 2012
The redefinition of relations between a city’s centre and its outskirts is often described as the rise of a...
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History of Modern Architecture Revisited

Karla Britton - 3 October 2012
The latest work by Jean-Louis Cohen is an original contribution to the history of modern architecture. His fresh...
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The new spaces of consumption

Andrea Mubi Brighenti - 30 May 2012
Recent retail spaces are giving a new shape to our everyday environment. Kärrholm proposes new concepts to better...
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From home to the workplace: “Mad Men” or the irresistible rise of women

Nicole Rudolph - 14 March 2012
Mad Men is often viewed as the ultimate sexist TV series. Through an analysis of the behavior of men and women at...
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Jerusalem: a history of water

Aude Signoles & translated by Oliver Waine - 29 February 2012
The history of the Holy City is not just one of religious and national conflict. It is also a history of water, a...
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Barcelona: local mobilisation or global desperation?

Charlotte Vorms & translated by Oliver Waine - 8 February 2012
What is the history behind today’s protest movements involving the occupation of urban public spaces? In the film...
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The history of social housing revisited

Christine Mengin & translated by Oliver Waine - 30 November 2011
Since the end of the 19th century, how have residents’ wishes been taken into account by the public authorities...
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The Triumph of Density and the Agony of Sprawl

Richard E. Ocejo - 23 November 2011
The city is more and more often hailed as the paradigmatic form of a new sustainable development, both economic and...
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What future for periurban communities: clubbisation or differentiated social dynamics?

Violaine Girard & translated by Oliver Waine - 16 November 2011
In La ville émiettée, Éric Charmes describes the phenomenon of “clubbisation” in towns and villages in the outer...
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Post-2006 reconstruction in Lebanon: a laboratory for new urban planning practices

Éric Verdeil & translated by Eric Rosencrantz - 5 October 2011
Modes of urban planning often develop at an accelerated pace during periods of reconstruction. Lebanon in the...
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City Words: An Invitation to Travel

Yves Grafmeyer - 13 July 2011
L’aventure des mots de la ville (The Adventure of City Words Through Time, Languages, Societies), tells the story of...
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The Paradoxes of Urban Authenticity

Andrea Mubi Brighenti - 25 November 2010
Diversity is becoming a moot point as consumerism replaces authenticity. In this well written, engaging and...

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Filming Ethnic Diversity in New York

Stéphane Tonnelat & translated by Christina Mitrakos - 21 October 2016
Frederick Wiseman’s fortieth documentary film, In Jackson Heights (2015), returns to an urban theme explored in...
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Looking Inward, Across the Border

Harel Shapira - 19 April 2016
In the constellation of anti-immigrant politics in the United States, groups like the Minutemen, civilians who...
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The Political Aesthetics of Drag

Shaka McGlotten - 13 October 2015
Drag, or the diverse art form and culture of performance that typically plays with gender and sex, is an integral...
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Disarm the Police

Gregory Smithsimon - 29 September 2015
In the current political debates about discriminatory policing, there has been a lack of serious discussion of...

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Lahti: The First Carbon-Rationing Experiment Applied to Local...

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Is Rationing Carbon for Travel a Fair, Efficient, and Realistic...

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Reducing Carbon-Emitting Travel: A Factor of Social Cohesion and...

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Strasbourg, An Example of a Cycling City

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Strasbourg is the leading city for cycling in France and a constant source of inspiration for all French cities...

The Trinity of Walking, Cycling and Public Transportation Must Be...

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While emissions from the transportation sector remain at a very high level, all hopes are currently pinned on the...
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