Seismic Modernism Childrens whether practitioners or academics

whether practitioners or academics

An eminent set of international contributors reflect on the relevance of historical insight for contemporary design

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Helen Taylor

to its current status as the UK's first UNESCO City of Design for its contributions to various diverse fields including medical research

Seismic Modernism Childrens whether practitioners or academicsTashkent, the southernmost metropolis of millions in the Soviet Union, is a city redolent with architectural contrasts and paradoxes. Home to the worlds most beautiful prefabricated buildings, it features a prominent urban duality predicated upon the oriental Old City and the Russian New City. Never was this contrast brought into sharper focus than during the severe earthquake of 1966 which left the New City relatively unscathed but the Old City in