Parker Daly Everett, Urban Transformations: From Liberalism to Corporatism 1871–1933. Toronto, Buffalo, London: University of Toronto Press, 2019. 392pp. $92.00 hbk.
(2023)
Journal Article
Borsi, K. (2023). Parker Daly Everett, Urban Transformations: From Liberalism to Corporatism 1871–1933. Toronto, Buffalo, London: University of Toronto Press, 2019. 392pp. $92.00 hbk. Urban History, 50(1), 186-188. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963926822000724
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Working at Home: Architects during the pandemic in China (2023)
Book Chapter
Xu, Y., Borsi, K., & Hale, J. (2023). Working at Home: Architects during the pandemic in China. In P. Sparke, E. Ioannidou, P. Kirkham, S. Knott, & J. Scholze (Eds.), Interiors in the Era of Covid-19: Interior Design between the Public and Private Realms (101-111). Bloomsbury Publishing
Housing and the City (2022)
Book
Borsi, K., Ekici, D., Hale, J., & Haynes, N. (Eds.). (2022). Housing and the City. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003245216Housing and the City explores housing histories, theories, and projects in diverse geographies. It presents a geographically dispersed history of the twentieth-century modern housing project and its social diagram, juxtaposed with case studies from t... Read More about Housing and the City.
Ströme und Zonen: Eine Genealogie der ‘funktionalen Stadt’: by Christa Kamleithner, Basel/Berlin/Boston, Birkhäuser, 2020 (2021)
Journal Article
Borsi, K. (2021). Ströme und Zonen: Eine Genealogie der ‘funktionalen Stadt’: by Christa Kamleithner, Basel/Berlin/Boston, Birkhäuser, 2020. Planning Perspectives, 36(6), 1313-1316. https://doi.org/10.1080/02665433.2021.1993082
Can politically oriented interventions in built heritage contribute to its authenticity? Erbil Citadel’s Babylonian Gate as a case study (2021)
Journal Article
Jasim, M. A., Hanks, L., & Borsi, K. (2021). Can politically oriented interventions in built heritage contribute to its authenticity? Erbil Citadel’s Babylonian Gate as a case study. Built Heritage, 5, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43238-021-00030-0Today, the concept of built heritage authenticity is a projection screen for conflicting demands and thus a ‘contested field’. Short-sighted readings started to drag the concept behind different ill-considered treatises, in which some heritage aspect... Read More about Can politically oriented interventions in built heritage contribute to its authenticity? Erbil Citadel’s Babylonian Gate as a case study.
Informal Learning Spaces in Higher Education: Student Preferences and Activities (2021)
Journal Article
Wu, X., Kou, Z., Oldfield, P., Heath, T., & Borsi, K. (2021). Informal Learning Spaces in Higher Education: Student Preferences and Activities. Buildings, 11(6), Article 252. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11060252Informal learning spaces play a significant role in enriching student experiences in learning environments. Such spaces are becoming more common, resulting in a change to the spatial configuration of built environments in higher education. However, p... Read More about Informal Learning Spaces in Higher Education: Student Preferences and Activities.
Contested grounds; the regeneration of Liverpool waterfront (2020)
Journal Article
Fageir, M., Porter, N., & Borsi, K. (2021). Contested grounds; the regeneration of Liverpool waterfront. Planning Perspectives, 36(3), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/02665433.2020.1804989This paper explores the process by which the regeneration of Liverpool waterfront took place over the past few decades. It adopts a case study method to identify different trends and patterns and to examine their impact on the emerging urban landscap... Read More about Contested grounds; the regeneration of Liverpool waterfront.
The 'Hobrecht plan' and the emergence of the urban (2018)
Journal Article
Borsi, K. (2018). The 'Hobrecht plan' and the emergence of the urban. SAJ - Serbian Architectural Journal, 10(1), 47-58. https://doi.org/10.5937/SAJ1801047BJames Hobrecht's Berlin extension plan of 1862 and its architectural component, the Berlin block, continue to define Berlin's current urban structure. The urban structure which these graphic documents helped to deliver persisted despite being rejecte... Read More about The 'Hobrecht plan' and the emergence of the urban.
Repercussions of Singularity of Site Authorities in Making Heritage Conservation Decisions: Evidence from Iraq (2018)
Journal Article
Jasim, M. A., Hanks, L., & Borsi, K. (2018). Repercussions of Singularity of Site Authorities in Making Heritage Conservation Decisions: Evidence from Iraq. Built Heritage, 2(1), 77-91Different global assertions have recently been made prohibiting the mono approach of decision-makers in formulating heritage conservation policies, due to many unfavourable touristic and political implications. The mono approach has led to exploitati... Read More about Repercussions of Singularity of Site Authorities in Making Heritage Conservation Decisions: Evidence from Iraq.
Spatial configuration shapes student social and informal learning activities in educational complexes (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wu, X., Law, S., Heath, T., & Borsi, K. (2017). Spatial configuration shapes student social and informal learning activities in educational complexes. In Proceedings, 11th International Space Syntax Symposium XI SSS, Lisbon, 3-7 July 2017 (33.1-33.9)Notable gains have been made in understanding the factors that influence student experiences in higher education, particularly in the area of spatial configuration. Indeed, studies have found that spatial configuration affects spatial behaviour and m... Read More about Spatial configuration shapes student social and informal learning activities in educational complexes.
Place-making and its implications for social value: A comparison study of two urban squares in London (2017)
Journal Article
Alzahrani, A., Borsi, K., & Jarman, D. (2017). Place-making and its implications for social value: A comparison study of two urban squares in London. International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning, 12(04), 752-762. https://doi.org/10.2495/sdp-v12-n4-752-762This article aims to investigate the impact of place-making on the social value attached to two recently developed public squares in London. Empire and Bermondsey developments were developed with the explicit intention to have a public open space tha... Read More about Place-making and its implications for social value: A comparison study of two urban squares in London.
The Typology of the Berlin Block: History, Continuity and Spatial Performance (2016)
Journal Article
Kampong Ayer: A community living on water in Brunei Darussalam (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Haji Adenan, R., Rodrigues, L., Borsi, K., & Kiamba, L. (2014). Kampong Ayer: A community living on water in Brunei Darussalam. In PLEA 2014 Conference Proceedings: Sustainable Habitat for Developing Societies (33-40)© Copyright: CEPT University, Center for Advanced Research in Building Science & Energy, Ahmedabad First Published 2014. All rights reserved. Land scarcity and rising population in developing countries, particularly in the urban parts of Asia, has... Read More about Kampong Ayer: A community living on water in Brunei Darussalam.