Urban design, ideology, and power: use of the central square in Tirana during one century of political transformations
@article{Pojani2015UrbanDI, title={Urban design, ideology, and power: use of the central square in Tirana during one century of political transformations}, author={D. Pojani}, journal={Planning Perspectives}, year={2015}, volume={30}, pages={67 - 94} }
This article recounts the history of urban design in the centre of Tirana, the capital of Albania, during five political periods (Ottoman Empire, Italian domination, communist regime, post-communist anarchy, and Western-style planning). Starting in the 1910s, successive governments have imposed their urban design visions for a grand city centre and tried to erase the built heritage of their predecessors, thus creating an eclectic space. In the post-communist era, the city government has made… CONTINUE READING
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