About Star Architecture Reflecting on Cities in Europe
Cities across the world have been resorting to star architects to brand their projects, spark urban regeneration and market the city image internationally. This book shifts the attention from star architects to star architecture, arguing that the process
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Nadia Alaily-Mattar Davide Ponzini Alain Thierstein Editors
STAR ECTURE ECTING N CITIES EUROPE
About Star Architecture
About Star Architecture
Reflecting on Cities in Europe
Nadia Alaily-Mattar Davide Ponzini Alain Thierstein Editors
Editors Nadia Alaily-Mattar Urban Development Technische Universität München Munich, Bayern, Germany Davide Ponzini Department of Architecture and Urban Studies Politecnico di Milano Milan, Italy Alain Thierstein Urban Development Technische Universität München Munich, Bayern, Germany
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Acknowledgements
The authors wish to thank the Department of Architecture, Technische Universität München (TUM), and the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Politecnico di Milano, for the support during the research activities and all the subsequent phases that led to this book. This book derives from different research projects. In particular, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) funded the research project “Star architecture and its role in re- positioning small and medium sized cities” at Technische Universität München, HafenCity Universität (HCU), Technische Universität Berlin (TUB), with Nadia Alaily-Mattar, Dominik Bartmanski, Johannes Dreher, Michael Koch, Martina Löw, Timothy Pape and Alain Thierstein. Angelus Eisinger was engaged in the early phases of this project. Numerous research assistants also contributed to this project, namely, Nicolas Büren, Petra Heber, Christoph Köglmayr, Katharina Ohrner and Dafni Skyrgianni. The findings of this multidisciplinary research
