Strange city

By Clair Enlow 2001-05-16T00:00:00

In The Unknown City, 'the urban' is an elusive organism. Architecture is present, but seldom seen. With rare exceptions such as London's Royal Festival Hall or Parc La Villette in Paris, it is difficult to find a description of a building as a historic artefact or a product of design ...

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