TY - GEN AU - Rowe, Peter G. TI - Building Barcelona : a second renaixenca SN - 9788496540286 U1 - 711.4094672 PY - 2006/// CY - Barcelona PB - Actar KW - N1 - CONTENTS EARLIER MOMENTS 8 Breaking Out of the Walla 9 International Attention and Architectural Identity 21 Years of Hunger to years of Development 30 Holding the Line 38 Transitions 44 Collective Possession 48 Taking Back the City 48 Urban Public Space Projects 55 Affinity with Urban Architecture 66 Passages 70 Plazas a Plenty 75 Olympic Opportunity 82 Lines of Command 82 Olympic and other urban projects 88 Post-Games Hangover 103 Just Rambling Along 110 Down by the Sea 114 Bold Transformations 120 Pushing Forward again 120 River to River Transformations 129 Too Far, Too Fast? 142 Gone to Market 148 Meanwhile Down at the Forum 153 Expanding Vision 158 Towards regional Metropolitanism 159 Preserving Competitive Advantages 168 End of an Era 176 High Above the City 188 From here to there 195 References 200 Necessary Abstractions 204 Illustration Credits 208 ER -