Paths to a Beautiful City – Stakeholders, Experiences, Action Strategies
How Do You Build a Beautiful City? Volume 25 of *Planungsrundschau* presents a variety of perspectives and interpretations from city users, planners, investors, and architects, as well as from the fields of historic preservation and urban renewal. The book’s chapters and interviews with experts from various professions demonstrate how differing conceptions of the “beauty” of a city repeatedly clash, and, with the help of numerous examples, they paint a colorful picture of creative mediation and design strategies guided as much by design, urban cultural, and social principles as by resource, return-on-investment, and profit-oriented considerations, as well as technical requirements. In doing so, the possibilities and limitations of conveying beauty become apparent, and the concrete framework conditions of contemporary urban development are critically examined. At the same time, the contributions advocate for openness toward diverse perspectives.
