AWARD-WINNING CITY, THE.

Author: Madsen, Hans Helge, Otto Käszner
Country: Denmark
Language: English
Year Published: 2003
No. of pages: 360
Illustrations: 582 Color Illustrations. 74 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 9 1/2”x 9”
Weight: 3.00
ISBN: 8774072900
Biblio/Bio: Index. Bios.
Code: 5795

Price: $175.00

The City of Copenhagen has granted some 520 awards to buildings and other projects over the past 100 years. The overall picture that is described here can be read both as a history of architecture and as a history of mentality. A history of architecture because at least in the first half of this period, Copenhagen had the greatest concentration of historically valuable architecture, and a history of mentality because the selection at any given time reflects the attitudes and views that dominate among politicians and architects, and because the selection shows what projects are considered at any given time to be most important, for example housing, schools, and other institutions.