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Aestheticizing the beautiful city: democratic politics and design review by Gassner, Günter

“…This article explores design debates through a radical political lens. Examining ways in which architects, urban historians and townscape consultants view…”
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Spiral movement: Writing with fascism and urban violence by Gassner, Günter

“…How to move against the rise of the far-right and seemingly unstoppable autocratic leaders in many Western liberal democracies? Antifascism’s interest in the…”
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Drawing as an Ethico-political Practice by Gassner, Günter

“…This essay explores drawing as an ethico-political practice. Taking London as an example, I speculate about a critical and creative, radical and imaginative…”
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Materiality, Race, and Speculative Aesthetics by Brigstocke, Julian, Gassner, Günter

“…The papers in this forum on Spaces and Politics of Aesthetics share a concern with analyzing relationships between politics and aesthetics in ways that…”
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Revolutionärer Antifaschismus als Stadtplan by Günter Gassner

“…In diesem Aufsatz befasse ich mich mit dem Konzept eines „Revolutionären Antifaschismus“, um räumliche Prozesse zu untersuchen, die sich einer autoritären…”
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Avenue of atrocities: modern phantasmagorias and the anti-modern by Günter Gassner

“…Among the materials for the 1935 Exposé of the Arcades Project: “Toppling of illusionism in the cityscape: perspectives”.1 Haussmann the demolition artist…”
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Wrecking London's skyline?: A political critique of how the city is viewed by Gassner, Günter

“…How can we develop a political critique of urban form at the time of a tall building boom? Pointing to limitations of interpreting towers as representations of…”
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Thinking against Heritage: speculative development and emancipatory politics in the City of London by Gassner, Günter

“…What does a political conceptualisation of the relationship between urban development and heritage involve? Against the widespread idea that there is a…”
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Wrecking London's skyline? by Gassner, Günter

“…How can we develop a political critique of urban form at the time of a tall building boom? Pointing to limitations of interpreting towers as representations of…”
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Revolutionärer Antifaschismus als Stadtplan: Gewalträume, Freiräume und Traumräume by Gassner, Günter

“…In diesem Aufsatz befasse ich mich mit dem Konzept eines „Revolutionären Antifaschismus“, um räumliche Prozesse zu untersuchen, die sich einer autoritären…”
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Aesthetics of gentrification: seductive spaces and exclusive communities in the neoliberal city by Gassner, Günter

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Visual consequences of the plan: Managing London’s changing skyline by Tavernor, Robert, Gassner, Gunter

“…The skyline of London is composed of historic monuments of national and international importance, punctuated tall buildings built during post-war building…”
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The new urban aesthetic: digital experiences of urban change: by Mónica Montserrat Degen and Gillian Rose, London, Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 177 pp., £63 (hardcover) by Gassner, Günter

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Aesthetics of gentrification: seductive spaces and exclusive communities in the neoliberal city: edited by Christoph Lindner and Gerard F. Sandoval, Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press, 2021, 295 pp., € 113,00 (hardback), ISBN 978 94 6372 203 2 by Gassner, Günter

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The New Enclosure: The Appropriation of Public Land in Neoliberal Britain: by Brett Christophers, London, Verso, 2018, 362 pp., £12 (paperback, ebook) by Gassner, Günter

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Unfinished and unfinishable: london's skylines by Gassner, Gunter

“…How is the city seen from a distance? With regard to ‘world cities’ and their battle for recognisable city-images, this is an aesthetic, political and…”
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