Chapter 9: Building styles in municipal architecture as expression of regional identity: the city branding of public space in French border areas
Prominent public buildings are an important way for municipalities to express their identity. This is particularly important in border regions of countries that have historically been acquired from other nations and have seen rapid and thorough nationalisation of territorial, functional and institut...
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| author | Jong, Martin de Lu, Haiyan |
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| description | Prominent public buildings are an important way for municipalities to express their identity. This is particularly important in border regions of countries that have historically been acquired from other nations and have seen rapid and thorough nationalisation of territorial, functional and institutional shapes. National unification policies have merely left symbolic shape for cities to express their specific identity. This chapter examines how municipal public buildings in three French border regions reflect how cities located in these regions use townhalls, belfries, railway stations, residential buildings in their historical city centres, museums and war memorials to brand who they are. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1534482025-03-03T15:09:16Z Chapter 9: Building styles in municipal architecture as expression of regional identity: the city branding of public space in French border areas Jong, Martin de Lu, Haiyan Regional identity; Public architecture; Building style; Border regions; France RPC Prominent public buildings are an important way for municipalities to express their identity. This is particularly important in border regions of countries that have historically been acquired from other nations and have seen rapid and thorough nationalisation of territorial, functional and institutional shapes. National unification policies have merely left symbolic shape for cities to express their specific identity. This chapter examines how municipal public buildings in three French border regions reflect how cities located in these regions use townhalls, belfries, railway stations, residential buildings in their historical city centres, museums and war memorials to brand who they are. Published 2025-03-03T15:09:14Z 2025-03-03T15:09:14Z 2025-02-06 chapter 9781035347544 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/153448 eng image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/city-branding-9781035347537.html https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap-oa/book/9781035347544/book-part-9781035347544-17.xml Edward Elgar Publishing Edward Elgar Publishing 10.4337/9781035347544.00017 10.4337/9781035347544.00017 01ceac28-75b4-492a-8eec-f9b98bc6b28c https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ 9781035347544 Edward Elgar Publishing Cheltenham, UK open access |
| spellingShingle | Regional identity; Public architecture; Building style; Border regions; France RPC Jong, Martin de Lu, Haiyan Chapter 9: Building styles in municipal architecture as expression of regional identity: the city branding of public space in French border areas |
| title | Chapter 9: Building styles in municipal architecture as expression of regional identity: the city branding of public space in French border areas |
| title_full | Chapter 9: Building styles in municipal architecture as expression of regional identity: the city branding of public space in French border areas |
| title_fullStr | Chapter 9: Building styles in municipal architecture as expression of regional identity: the city branding of public space in French border areas |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chapter 9: Building styles in municipal architecture as expression of regional identity: the city branding of public space in French border areas |
| title_short | Chapter 9: Building styles in municipal architecture as expression of regional identity: the city branding of public space in French border areas |
| title_sort | chapter 9 building styles in municipal architecture as expression of regional identity the city branding of public space in french border areas |
| topic | Regional identity; Public architecture; Building style; Border regions; France RPC |
| topic_facet | Regional identity; Public architecture; Building style; Border regions; France RPC |
| url | https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/153448 |
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