{"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\u003ci\u003e\"Award-winning Belgian photojournalist Nick Hannes casts a critical eye on six newly built capital cities around the world, from Korea to Kazakhstan, and questions whether they are really serving the people who live in them.\" \u003c\/i\u003e-- \u003cb\u003eElle Decoration UK\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\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. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Capital\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e 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, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Capital\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e shows how utopia and dystopia are sometimes surprisingly close.\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":53578733322547,"sku":"9789401403764","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/wlrrKSAMlG9789401403764.webp?v=1782828534","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/new-capital-building-cities-from-scratch-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}