From Paris and Beijing to Washington and Brasilia the grand design of capital cities and the early plans for Quezon City

Political leaders have always sought to build monumental capitals, with earlier designs influencing those of later cities. The Western design that revolved around a central axis of power became evident in some Asian capitals, although cities in the Chinese cultural realm differed in shape but noneth...

Description complète

Détails bibliographiques
Publié dans:Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Vol. 64, no. 1 (Mar. 2016), 43-71
Auteur principal: Boquet, Yves
Format: Article
Langue:English
Publié: 2016
Sujets: