TY - BOOK AU - Rowe,Peter G. TI - Building Barcelona: a second Renaixença. SN - 8496540286 AV - HT178.S63 B37 2006 PY - 2006/// CY - Barcelona PB - Barcelona Regional Actar D , KW - Urban renewal KW - Spain KW - Barcelona KW - Local KW - Architecture KW - History KW - 20th century KW - City planning N1 - Contents: 8 Earlier Moments -- 9 Breaking Out of the Walls -- 21 International Attention and Architectural Identity -- 30 Years of Hunger to Years of Development -- 38 Holding the Line -- 44 Transitions -- 48 Collective Possession -- 48 Taking Back the City -- 55 Urban Public Space Projects -- 66 Affinity With Urban Architecture -- 70 Passages -- 75 Plazas a Plenty -- 82 Olympic Opportunity -- 82 Lines of Command -- 88 Olympic and Other Urban Projects -- 103 Post Games Hangover -- 110 Just Rambling Along -- 114 Down by the Sea -- 120 Bold Transformations -- 120 Pushing Forward Again -- 129 River to River Transformations -- 142 Too Far, Too Fast? -- 148 Gone to Market -- 153 Meanwhile, Down at the Forum -- 158 Expanding Vision -- 159 Towards Regional Metropolitanism -- 168 Preserving Competitive Advantages -- 176 End of an Era -- 188 High Above the City -- 195 From Here to There -- 200 References -- 204 Necessary Abstractions -- 208 Illustrations Credits -- ER -