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1 online resource (255 pages) |
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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 |
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Building rivers: how the aqueducts of Roman Britain furthered connections between towns and their riverine settingsRiverine 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 |
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Metropolitan riverine: landscapes of the modern port cityContributors; 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 |
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Waterfront palaces open on a high levelIntroverted waterfront palaces; The Great Palace at Amarna; Architectural analysis and conclusion; 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 |
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EXCURSUS ONE: Waterloo SunriseWaterloo 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 |
| Notes |
Riverine ruins in context |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Guerci, Manolo
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| ISBN |
9781134811465 |
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1134811462 |
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9781134811533 |
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1134811535 |
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9781134811601 |
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1134811608 |
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9781315545622 |
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1315545624 |
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