https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/What-is-the-Use-of-Starchitects https://booksandideas.net/What-is-the-Use-of-Starchitects 2016-09-01T07:00:00Z text/html en Christophe Camus Society International architecture town planning metropolis Florence Gould Foundation <p>Based on the example of Toronto, the sociologist Guillaume Ethier reflects on the cultural and urban effects involved in contemporary architectural realizations referred to as “iconic.” This architecture—a sort of sculpture on a grand scale—derives its aura from starchitects who conceive it and maintain a complex relationship with its urban environment.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Brazil-s-Winter-of-Discontent https://booksandideas.net/Brazil-s-Winter-of-Discontent 2014-06-23T07:30:00Z text/html en Edesio Fernandes Politics Society Brazil city precarity town planning transports metropolis Democracy, Urban Issues and Corruption in Contemporary Brazil <p>Recent social movements in Brazil, characterized by diffuse claims and a diversity of actors, should not be solely interpreted as reactions to the overwhelming cost of organizing the 2014 World Cup. This article emphasizes the elitist nature and the inefficiency of recent urban policy.</p>