{"product_id":"new-capital-building-cities-from-scratch-hardcover","title":"New Capital: Building Cities from Scratch - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNick Hannes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDorina Pojani\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- New capitals worldwide through the lens of Magnum Photography Award and World Press Photo laureate Nick Hannes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- With images of six new capitals in Egypt, Korea, Nigeria, Kazakhstan, Indonesia and Brazil\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- A critical look at unbridled urban development and its social and ecological consequences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Gifted with a sharp eye for urban planning detail, Nick Hannes has travelled around the globe to document these cities as they stand in the early 2020s. His is a bottom-up perspective, juxtaposing starchitecture with the lives of those struggling to make a life in new capital cities. Dorina Pojani in the book introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does the ideal capital look like? Photographer Nick Hannes traveled to six countries - Egypt, Korea, Nigeria, Kazakhstan, Indonesia and Brazil - that have recently built a new capital or are in the process of doing so. Each and every one of them is a typical example of what Rem Koolhaas calls the Generic City: a planned city without historical layers, local identity, or its own character. As a visual sociologist with a sharp eye for detail, Hannes searches for the human dimension in a setting full of spectacular architecture and pompous prestige projects. New Capital is a critical reflection on unbridled neoliberal urban development and its social and ecological consequences, but is also peppered with subtle humor and surprising coincidences. Meandering between pride and sadness, New Capital shows how utopia and dystopia are sometimes surprisingly close.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNick Hannes\u003c\/b\u003e is a photojournalist and documentary photographer from Belgium, specialized in globalization, urbanization and migration. He is represented by the Panos Pictures agency in London. Hannes won the Magnum Photography Award - Documentary - for the series \u003ci\u003eDubai. Bread and circuses\u003c\/i\u003e and this year also the World Press Photo Award in the Series Africa category. At Lannoo he published the book \u003ci\u003eRed Journey\u003c\/i\u003e in 2009. \u003cb\u003eDorina Pojani\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in Urban Planning at the University of Queensland. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eTrophy Cities: A Feminist Perspective on New Capitals\u003c\/i\u003e (Edward Elgar, 2021).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 11.1 x 9.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 17, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47350516252921,"sku":"9789401403764","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/u0cLc_Wtjj9789401403764.webp?v=1769786638","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/new-capital-building-cities-from-scratch-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}