Historical versus modern : identity through imitation? / editor Barbara Engel ; contributors Johannes Blechschmidt, Max Mütsch, Philine Schneider ; cover Max Mütsch ; graphics and drawings Max Mütsch ; proofreading Michael Taylor ; design and setting Max Mütsch. - 218 pages : illustrations, photographs, maps, plans ; 25 cm.

This publication examines the contemporary international phenomenon of retro districts, the new cities built to imitate historical models. It investigates historicizing urban construction through 14 international case studies, including the Hallstatt in China, Poundbury in England and the Mercado District in Tucson, Arizona.--backover. https://www.amazon.com/Historical-Versus-Modern-Identity-Imitation/dp/3868594981

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Architecture
Historicism in architecture
Historic buildings --Conservation and restoration--Russia (Federation)
Lost architecture
Architecture and society
City planning
Collective memory and city planning
Retro (Style)

NA9053.C6 / H5713 2018