Back to the Future: Doxiadis's Plans for Baghdad
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2008Source
Journal of Planning HistoryVolume
7Issue
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This article examines the 1955 to 1958 restructuring of Baghdad proposed by the architect and planner Constantinos Doxiadis. Analyzing the overall master plan and the design and construction of housing units and public squares, the article demonstrates how Doxiadis's social and formal experiments, which drew on larger midtwentieth-century debates on modernism, urbanism, regionalism, and development, also became intertwined with the Iraqi regime's agenda for nation building. As the Iraqi capital has again become the site for new visions of reconstruction and development, it is important to critically revisit this recent history of the city. ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]; Copyright of Journal of Planning History is the property of Sage Publications Inc. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)