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New from Columbia Books on Architecture and the City MORE CBOATC TITLES MORE NEW YORK TITLES MORE ARCHITECTURE TITLES Columbia in Manhattanville Edited by Caitlin Blanchfield In 2003, Columbia University began planning an expansion into neighboring Manhattanville, the site of the soon-to-open campus designed by the Renzo Piano Building Workshop and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. The story of the project is a complex one-a university bursting at the seams, the changing imperatives of research facilities, large-scale investment in underground infrastructures, a controversial use of eminent domain, the commissioning of celebrated architects, and a remarkable campaign of community engagement all combining to reshape the public face of a venerable institution. Bringing together conversations with the architects and planners designing the Manhattanville campus, the educators who will inhabit its buildings, and essays from urban and architectural historians, this book both documents the making of Manhattanville and engages the contested history of public planning and the private university. Read more... Architecture / New York $25.00 $17.50 | Paper | 150 pages | £19.00   USE COUPON CODE "EMAIL" AND SAVE 30%   STAY CONNECTED

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