Barcelona : the urban evolution of a compact city / Joan Busquets.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Busquets, Joan, author.

Standardized Title:

Barcelona. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

City planning--Spain--Barcelona--History.

City planning.

Urbanization--Spain--Barcelona--History.

Urbanization.

Architecture--Spain--Barcelona--History.

Architecture.

Barcelona (Spain)--History.

Barcelona (Spain).

Genre:

Informational works.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

494 pages : illustrations, maps (chiefly color) ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

[San Francisco, California] : Applied Research + Design Publishing ; Harvard University Graduate School of Design, [2026]

Language Note:

English text

Contents:

From its origins to capital of the medieval Mediterranean

From the urbanisation of the Raval to the start of industrialisation

Projects for the modern city and the demolition of the town walls

Barcelona, city of innovation

The turn of the century and Greater Barcelona

The Barcelona of a million inhabitants

The grey post-war years and the formation of the metropolis

Patterns of pro-development expansion and political change. Urban development and the Plans

Barcelona's recovery in the eighties. Urban development in the form of projects, programmes and strategies

Barcelona, a European city. Another change of scale?

Maps of the city.

Notes:

"Updated and revised version"--Cover.

Fist published 2004 in Spanish with the title Barcelona, la construcción urbanística de una ciudad compacta.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 488-489) and index.

ISBN:

1966515715

9781966515715

OCLC:

1592937953