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to its current status as the UK's first UNESCO City of Design for its contributions to various diverse fields including medical research

The third part of the book describes the process of transforming the wild area surrounding the castle into a series of mature gardens

An eminent set of international contributors reflect on the relevance of historical insight for contemporary design

his fascination with ruins

Seismic Modernism Childrens to its current status asTashkent, the southernmost metropolis of millions in the Soviet Union, is a city redolent with architectural contrasts and paradoxes. Home to the worlds most beautiful prefabricated buildings, it features a prominent urban duality predicated upon the oriental Old City and the Russian New City. Never was this contrast brought into sharper focus than during the severe earthquake of 1966 which left the New City relatively unscathed but the Old City in